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While on tour, deLone reached a career high ranking of 65th in the world, won $766,020 in prize money, and defeated players such as Alicia Molik, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, and Sonja Jeyaseelan in singles and doubles play. She also played at all four Grand Slam events...
Lessons can go both ways, though. And the older players may be picking up attitude points from the younger ones. In the semifinals in Montreal between Novotna and Sanchez Vicario, Novotna seemed veritably Venusized. During the heated second set, which went to a tiebreaker, the usually elegant Czech flipped the umpire the bird. Sanchez Vicario eventually won the match. And the tournament? It went to another old lady: Monica Seles...
...said. The other U.S. women won, which means a semifinal showdown Wednesday between Mary Joe Fernandez and Lindsay Davenport, who are close friends as well as teammates. At least one of them will take home a medal. Novotna's opponent in the semifinals will be No. 3 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain. In women's basketball. the U.S. team finished the preliminary round with another rout, beating South Korea 105-64. Reserve Nikki McCray led five players in double figures with 16 points as the United States won its pool with a 5-0 record. Argentina qualified...
...tennis court. You wouldn't know it from her performance in last week's Australian Open, though: despite two double faults in the very first game, the fourth-seeded Pierce, 20, went on to a 6-3, 6-2 win in the final, beating Spain's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 23, the woman who denied Pierce a victory in the French Open last year. "I just haven't realized what has happened yet. I'm still reeling from it," said Pierce on winning her first Grand Slam title in a career marred by family problems: her father and ex-coach...
...heart. Martina packed hers along with her rackets and sweatbands and made her last dance the most memorable Wimbledon in years. Against all odds, she swept through to the finals, vanquishing veterans and prodigies alike. Meanwhile Graf fell out in the first round, and second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 22, was sent to the sidelines in the fourth. Navratilova could be forgiven last Saturday if she was overcome with the urge to pinch herself. For there she was on Centre Court again, playing for an unprecedented 10th ladies' singles title against third- seeded Conchita Martinez, 22, a baseline basher from...