TENNIS NOTES

...If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same...

Rudyard Kipling

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Kids are heading back to school!!!
Must be time for the
US OPEN
 
 
 

Seeds

Men's Singles

Pete Sampras USA (1); withdrew
Nicolas Lapentti ECU (16); 2nd rd

Greg Rusedski GBR (9) rd of 16
Todd Martin USA (7)

Patrick Rafter AUS (4);1st rd retired
Tommy Haas GER (14) rd of 16

Felix Mantilla ESP (17);1st rd
Gustavo Kuerten BRA (5)

Tim Henman GBR (6);1st rd
Richard Krajicek NED (12) 1/4

Alex Corretja ESP (13);1st rd
Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS (3)

Carlos Moya ESP (8); 2nd rd retired
Marcelo Rios CHI (10)  rd of 16

Nicolas Kiefer GER (15);3rd rd
Andre Agassi USA (2)
 

Women's Singles

Martina Hingis SUI (1)
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP (10) rd of 16

Amelie Mauresmo FRA (15) rd of 16
Jana Novotna CZE (8); 3rd rd

Venus Williams USA (3)
Dominique Van Roost BEL (13); 3rd rd

Barbara Schett AUT (12) 1/4
Amanda Coetzer RSA (6); 1st rd

Serena Williams USA (7)
Conchita Martinez ESP (16) rd of 16

Nathalie Tauziat FRA (11); 3rd rd
Monica Seles USA (4) 1/4

Mary Pierce FRA (5) 1/4
Sandrine Testud FRA (14); 2nd rd

Julie Halard-Decugis FRA (9) rd of 16
Lindsay Davenport USA (2)

Men's Doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes IND (1)
Justin Gimelstob/Richey Reneberg USA (15) rd of 16

Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS/Daniel Vacek CZE (10) rd 1
Ellis Ferreira RSA/Rick Leach USA (8)2nd rd

David Adams/John De Jager RSA (4)2nd rd
Goran Ivanisevic CRO/Jeff Tarango USA (13) rd 1

Donald Johnson USA/Cyril Suk CZE (12) rd of 16
Wayne Black ZIM/Sandon Stolle AUS (6) 1/4

Olivier Delaitre/Fabrice Santoro FRA (5) 2nd rd
Sebastien Lareau CAN/Alex O'Brien USA (11)

Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom SWE (14)1st rd
Todd Woodbridge/Mark WoodfordeAUS (3) 1/4

Jonas Bjorkman SWE/Byron Black ZIM (7) semi
Mark Knowles BAH/Daniel Nestor CAN (9)1st rd

Jiri Novak/David Rikl CZE (16) rd of 16
Paul Haarhuis NED/Jared Palmer USA (2)1st rd

Women's Doubles

Jana Novotna CZE/Natasha Zvereva BLR (1) rd of 16
Liezel Horn RSA/Kimberly Po USA (16) 1/4

Irina Spirlea ROM/Caroline Vis NED (9)1st rd
Larisa Neiland LAT/Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP (6)

Lindsay Davenport/Corina Morariu USA (3) 1/4
Conchita Martinez ESP/Patricia Tarabini ARG (11) rd  of 16

Cara Black ZIM/Irina Selyutina KAZ (14) 1st rd
Lisa Raymond USA/Rennae Stubbs AUS (7) rd of 16

Serena Williams/Venus Williams USA (5)
Virginia Ruano-Pascual ESP/Paola Suarez ARG (13) 2nd rd

Mary Joe Fernandez/Monica Seles USA (10)
Elena Likhovtseva RUS/Ai Sugiyama JPN (4) 1st rd

Mariaan De Swardt RSA/Elena Tatarkova UKR (8) 1st rd
Mary Pierce FRA/Barbara Schett AUT (12)

Nicole Arendt USA/Manon Bollegraf NED (15) 1/4
Alexandra Fusai/Nathalie TauziatFRA (2) rd of 16

Mixed Doubles

Lisa Raymond USA/Leander PaesIND (1) 2nd rd
Larisa Neiland LAT/Rick Leach USA (7) 1/4

Rennae Stubbs/Todd Woodbridge AUS (3) semi
Kerry-Anne Guse AUS/Jack WaiteUSA (6) 2nd rd

Elena Likhovtseva RUS/Mark Knowles BAH (5) 1st rd
Corina Morariu/Jared Palmer USA (4) 2nd rd

Mary Pierce FRA/John De Jager RSA (8) 1/4
Ai Sugiyama JPN/Mahesh Bhupathi IND (2)