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...Martina is in the vanguard of a new generation of players that also includes 15-year-olds Anna Kournikova and Venus Williams. But it's the last generation of teenyboppers as far as the Women's Tennis Association is concerned. Mindful of the burnout suffered by child prodigies Jennifer Capriati, Andrea Jaeger and Tracy Austin, the w.t.a. has instituted new age restrictions: players 14 and under are barred from tour events, and players 15 to 17 will be gently introduced to topflight competition. Hingis, Kournikova and Williams turned pro before the rules went into effect, so they are exempt...
Hingis is a special case anyway. "I don't like to rave about a 15-year-old," Collins said after the Novotna match, "but the new Martina is a real tennis player. She came to net more this afternoon than Monica Seles has in her whole career. Unlike Capriati, who relied on pure power, Martina has a sophisticated game that is only going to get stronger. Her mom may be a great teacher, but this girl has a sense of the court that can't be taught. I have just seen the future of tennis, and it's thrilling...
...kept much the same hours at NBC's Today show for 15 years. Seles and her entourage arrive blithely late, but if Walters is annoyed, she hides it well, chatting up the young tennis star and letting the agent from the International Management Group know that if Jennifer Capriati, the troubled young tennis star whom IMG also represents, ever decides to talk...
...interest in tennis was first piqued by his parents. However, unlike such fallen angels as Jennifer Capriati, his parent's encouragement has only had a positive effect on his life...
Williams, like Capriati, entered with a fresh and bubbling face, bursting with talent and promise. After competing valiantly and winning matches in her debut, Williams assured the press that there was no danger of Capriati Syndrome...