Mayotte rallies to stump Gilbert in Washington

Top-seed Tim Mayotte rallied after being one set down to win therain-interrupted $415,000 Washington Tennis Classic.

Mayotte and second-seeded compatriot Brad Gilbert returned tothe stadium court Monday after rain delayed and then cancelled playSunday night with Gilbert leading 6-3, 1-1.

The skies were cloudy and threatening Monday, but the rain heldoff as Mayotte rallied behind his serve to win 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia defeated Emilio Sanchez of Spain6-2, 6-4 to capture the Hilversum (Netherlands) tournament. Paul Annacone posted a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Nicolas Pereira in thefirst round of the Volvo International at Stratton Mountain, Vt. Steffi Graf defeated Rene Simpson 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round ofthe $200,000 Great American Bank Tennis Classic at San Diego. BetsyNagelsen downed Liz Smylie 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Andrei Cherkasov of the Soviet Union defeated Vincente Solves ofSpain 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the $350,000 Head Cup tournamentat Kitzbuehel, Austria.

BOXING: Hector Lopez (19-1) won the World Boxing AssociationAmerica's lightweight title with a sixth-round knockout over SantosMoreno (47-18) at Los Angeles. Paul Gonzales (12-1), the 1984 Olympic gold medalist, used only 2minutes and 14 seconds to stop Sergio Perez (19-9) at Sacramento,Calif. Both weighed in at 119 pounds. The new $630 million Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip beatout Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., for the Dec. 7 Sugar RayLeonard-Roberto Duran bout. Tony Lopez of the United States will defend his International BoxingFederation world super-featherweight title against Britain's JimMcDonnell in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 7, it was announced inLondon.

BOWLING: Tish Johnson held a 134-pin lead over Leanne Barretteafter the second round of the $30,000 LPBT South Bend (Ind.) Classic.Johnson averaged 230 for a 12-game total of 2,763. Del Ballard Jr leads Amleto Monacelli by 16 pins after four roundsof the $150,000 Wichita (Kan.) Open. Ballard has knocked down 5,887pins for 26 games.

BASKETBALL: The Portland Trail Blazers' top draft pick, Missouriguard Byron Irvin, signed a contract and planned to report to rookiecamp today. Larry Bird, who was expected to miss from four to six weeks afterfracturing a tiny bone in his lower back over the weekend, made astiff, gingerly return to the court, defying the injury.

BASEBALL: Japan capitalized on first baseman Mike Rennack'serror for the winning run in the bottom of the final inning and edgedthe United States 4-3 in the eight-nation World Youth Championshipsat Tokyo.

HOCKEY: Neil Carnes, one of the Montreal Canadiens' top juniorprospects, died Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Plymouth, Mich.Carnes, 19, was from Farmington, Mich.

GOLF: Reigning NCAA women's champion Pat Hurst fired a4-under-par 69 to lead after one round of the 89th U.S. Women'sAmateur championship at Pinehurst, N.C. Hurst, a San Jose Statesophomore from San Leandro, Calif., had six birdies, including fouron the five par 5 holes at the Pinehurst Country Club. Cathy Sherk, 39, a six-year veteran on the LPGA Tour, qualified fora men's professional tournament when she made the field for theTimex-BIC Ontario Open.

YACHT RACING: Denmark placed first and third in the third raceof the Admirals Cup international competition off Cowes, England, butthe host nation increased its over-all lead with three events to go.

CYCLING: Tour de France champion Greg Lemond has reversed hisdecision to skip the Grand Prix Cycliste des Ameriques race and willbe in Montreal for the World Cup event.