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...Scott Davenport, 27, of Cambridge, was already in police custody for kidnapping a friend of the murder victim, identified as Io Nachtwey...
...tournament wins in a row by the Williamses--Serena in Toronto and Venus in New Haven. This year's Open was the death knell not just for Hingis, whose weak serve and clever volleying look a century old, but even for the "veterans"--powerful Capriati and Lindsay Davenport, who just did not appear to be in the same league. The generation of Williams contemporaries--players such as Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters--may never...
...Lindsay Davenport, of course. She looked great. Remember how we used to feel bad for Lindsay? She was always nice a nice girl, but big, you know, and kind of dumpy. Well, she looks great now. A real winner, real comfortable on the dance floor. And still as nice as ever...
Furthermore, Davenport feels the WTA hasn't used the women's success to build the sport. "Tennis isn't fun for teens to go to," she complains. "There's no music, no excitement. At halftime in the NBA, they throw out T shirts and play rock music. The WTA should be doing more to bring in young people...
...tour hasn't been able to persuade Wimbledon or the French Open to give the women prize money equal to the men's. While some of the women, like Davenport, make an issue of it, many don't. Of the discrepancy, Kournikova says, "Women get better ratings, but men play five sets, and it's tougher for them. Men work really hard and play five sets and everything." But John McEnroe, who spent decades dissing the women's game, now thinks they deserve the cash. "It's irrelevant if they play best of five or best of three," he says...