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Tennis is back and I have a few questions for you

Posted: Friday January 5, 2007 3:26PM; Updated: Saturday January 13, 2007 11:05AM
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Care to take a wild guess about who will be this year's No. 1 on the ATP Tour?
Care to take a wild guess about who will be this year's No. 1 on the ATP Tour?
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Along with postal service, driving traffic, and jumbo shrimp, we add tennis offseason to the list of our favorite oxymorons. So, here it is the first week of January -- barely six weeks after the Masters Cup final -- and tennis is back in the agate type. Herewith, a quiz of divinations for the new season. And if you miss a few, no worries. It's round robin, so you can re-enter the draw!

1) The year-end No.1 on the WTA Tour will be:
a. Justine Henin-Hardenne
b. Amelie Mauresmo
c. Maria Sharapova
d. A refreshed Williams sister

2) The year-end No.1 on the ATP Tour will be:
a
. Roger Federer
b. Get serious
c. Next question
d. Please.

3) Roger Federer will win this many Slams:
a.
1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

4) The WTA's Breakthrough Player will be:
a.
Anna Chakvetadze
b. Shahar Peer
c. Vania King
d. Alona Bondarenko

5) The ATP's Breakthrough Player will be:
a.
Richie Gasquet
b. Gael Monfils
c. Igor Kunitsyn
d. Juan del Potro

6) The juiciest behind-the-scenes feud will involve:
a.
The Tennis Channel and ESPN
b. The WTA and USTA
c. The ITF and ATP
d. Vince Spadea and iambic pentameter

7) Kim Clijsters will:
a.
Assume lame duck status and falter knowing this is her final year.
b. Reverse course and, spurred by encouraging results, continue on.
c. Finish in style and retire as the world No.1.
d. Quit tennis in the summer to play cowbell in a Loverboy cover band.

8) To the WTA's delight, this player will dip her toe in the comeback waters:
a.
Anna Kournikova
b. Monica Seles
c. Jennifer Capriati
d. Lindsay Davenport

9) Davenport's child will be named:
a.
Connor
b. Madison
c. Dakota
d. Taylor

10) The Davis Cup winner will be:
a. Russia
b. Argentina
c. United States
d. France

11) This coach-player partnership will be splitsville by year's end:
a.
Maria Sharapova -- Yuri Sharapov
b. Andy Roddick -- James Scott Connors
c. Lleyton Hewitt -- Roger Rasheed
d. Rafael Nadal -- Toni Nadal

Our answers: 1) c; 2) a; 3) c; 4) b; 5) d; 6) b; 7) a; 8) a; 9) b; 10) c; 11) c (okay, we cheated -- we had to get one right.)

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