TENNIS TOP TEN
MEN
No. Player: Comment
1. Pete Sampras: Are those scissor kicks or Korda’s footsteps?
2. Petr Korda: Sleepy at 9:30 p.m. here, fits in well.
3. Andre Agassi: Reinvents himself more often than Madonna.
4. Patrick Rafter: Agassi leaves him in a puddle of sweat.
5. Marcelo Rios: Beats Korda in rematch of Australian final.
6. Greg Rusedski: Uncorks 149-mph serve vs. Muster. It’s in.
7. Jonas Bjorkman: One and out at Indian Wells.
8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov: See Bjorkman.
9. Michael Chang: Slips on wet line in practice, slips in rankings.
10. Thomas Muster: Retire? Maybe Davis Cup doctor joking.
WOMEN
No. Player: Comment
1. Martina Hingis: Pasarell calls her a “tennis genius.”
2. Lindsay Davenport: Unfazed by Graf’s baseline power.
3. Steffi Graf: Look who’s back.
4. Venus Williams: Loses rematch against Hingis.
5. Jana Novotna: Skips Indian Wells.
6. Mary Pierce: Skipping almost everything.
7. Conchita Martinez: News flash: almost wins set vs. Hingis.
8. Monica Seles: Questionable for Lipton.
9. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario: Might reappear at Lipton.
10. Amanda Coetzer: Loses to countrywoman Kruger.
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