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The Hot List
Posted: Monday May 08, 2000 12:33 PM
Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim takes a weekly look at who's hot and who's not in the tennis world. AD IN Marat Safin: Wins Mallorca Open, his second title in two weeks. Is a 20-year-old eligible for comeback-player-of-the-year honors? Martina Hingis: Regains No. 1 ranking by winning the Barclay Cup in Hamburg, beating Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario in a yawner of a final. Tina Pisnik: Little-known Slovenian wins first title of her career, beating Amelie Mauresmo is final of Bol Ladies Open. Fernando Gonzalez: Flayin' Chilean beats countryman Nicolas Massu to win Orlando event. Franco Squillari: Argentine defends BMW Open title in Munich, beating favorite son Tommy Haas in finals. Michael Chang: In USA Today cyber-profile, lists CNNSI.com as one of his favorite Web sites. John McEnroe: Domination of the senior tour continues as the moonlighting Davis Cup captain takes out Mats Wilander in final of Raleigh event. Ivan Lendl: Wins Children's Medical Center Celebrity Classic golf tournament in Richmond, Va. Mariaan de Swardt: Martina Navratilova's doubles partner has gotten more publicity in past week than during her entire 10-year career. AD OUT ATP and WTA Tours: Could there have been any more events held this past week? Yevgeny Kafelnikov: Top seed at Mallorca loses to Argentine no-name Juan Ignacio Chela in second-round match. Pete Sampras: Pulls out of Rome Masters Series event with nagging injury, known colloquially as Lakersticketsitis. Venus Williams: Flames out in second match of her "comeback," losing decisively to Amanda Coetzer in Hamburg. Andrew Ilie: Top seed at U.S. Clay Court loses first match in Orlando. Say, didn't you used to be Thomas Muster?
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