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ATP TOURNAMENTS STARTING TODAY
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
* Site: Lyon, France
* Draw: 32
* Purse: $725,000 (singles winner, $101,500)
* Surface: Indoor (carpet)
* Seeded No. 1: Pete Sampras
* Defending champion: Fabrice Santoro
* Field: Top players include Sampras, Patrick Rafter, Marcelo Rios, Alex Correjta, Cedric Pioline.
IPB Czech Indoor
* Site: Ostrava, Czech Republic
* Draw: 32
* Purse: $975,000 (singles winner, $137,000)
* Surface: Indoor (carpet)
* Seeded No. 1: Petr Korda
* Defending champion: Karol Kucera
* Field: Top players include Korda, Andre Agassi, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mark Philippoussis.
WTA EVENT STARTING TODAY
Kremlin Cup
* Site: Moscow
* Purse: $1 million (singles winner, $165,000)
* Web site: https://www.kremlincup.ru
* Field: Top players include Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Monica Seles and Conchita Martinez.
WINNERS’ CIRCLE
A look at Sunday’s tournament champions:
CA TENNIS TROPHY
* Men: Top-seeded Pete Sampras, back in top form, beat fifth-seeded Karol Kucera of Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, to win the $800,000 tournament.
SINGAPORE OPEN
* Men: Marcelo Rios defeated Australia’s Mark Woodforde, 6-4, 6-2.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
* Men: John McEnroe, swearing at the umpire and the crowd, beat Frenchman Henric Leconte, 6-4, 6-2, to win the Champions senior tournament in Sydney, Australia.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
* Women: Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport beat second-seeded Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-3, to win the $1-million tournament for the second consecutive year. Davenport is the first woman this year to win six titles.
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