Open begins today in the noisy New York City borough of Queens. One of the best stories is going to be in women’s singles, where 20 year old Californian Lindsay Davenport has a good shot at being the first native born American to win since Chris Evert 14 years ago.
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Steffi Graf and Monica Seles are the first and second seeds not only officially but in most observers’ minds. Davenport has those two looking over their shoulders and has made the press take notice, but her victory over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the Olympic final, and her straight set win over Graf at Manhattan Beach, haven’t convinced the seers.
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, Charles Bricker of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel wrote of Graf and Seles but threw in, But lurking behind them is slimmed down, quicker moving Lindsay Davenport. . . .”
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No, Davenport has never won a Grand Slam singles title. But anybody who saw her handle Graf in Manhattan Beach has to believe she will win one and soon.
Graf was not at her best in that semifinal. But even if she had been,
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The young woman is ready. Her first Grand Slam singles victory might as well be on that big Sunday, Sept.8.
Davenport has been practicing for a week in the East, where she told Robin Finn of the New York Times:
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A large Davenport: The imposing Davenport is listed in the WTA media guide as being 6 foot 2. I am 6 2.
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Brotherhood: Leach Leach is a familiar name in the USTA record book. USC men’s coach Dick Leach has won a number of national father son tournaments with either son Rick or son Jonathan. Open will be the brothers playing together. Rick had planned to play with Javier Frana, but Frana has a bad shoulder and prefers to be concentrating on singles for this fortnight. So Rick tapped his younger brother.
They’re a pretty good fit. For one year they were a doubles team for Boise in Team Tennis. Rick is left handed and likes to play the deuce court, Jonathan is right handed and plays the ad court. Jonathan brings fire, Rick brings experience (five Grand Slam doubles or mixed doubles titles,
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