BRIEFLY : FED CUP OMISSIONS.Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional female tennis champion. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. , the two highest-ranking American players, were not on the U.S. Fed Cup team chosen Monday by captain Martina Navratilova Noun 1. Martina Navratilova - United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956) Navratilova . Instead, Navratilova selected Mary Joe Fernandez Joe Fernandez (born October 25, 1984 in Morgan Hill, California) is an American Football wide receiver, who is a National Football League free agent. He attended Fresno State. , Gigi Fernandez, Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a professional tennis player from the United States. Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries. and Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli (born October 20 1971, in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000 (partnering Donald Johnson). to face the Netherlands in the first round March 1-2 at Haarlem, Netherlands. Seles, ranked sixth in the world, was unavailable for the competition. Davenport, the Olympic champion who is ranked eighth, reportedly has had differences with Navratilova and her doubles partner, Mary Joe Fernandez. In men's action, fifth-seeded Felix Mantilla of Spain got off to an impressive start in the $875,000 European Community Championship, beating Germany's Bernd Karbacher 6-2, 6-1 in Antwerp, Belgium. SOCCER: A leading Australian soccer player has been left blinded in one eye after rival fans attacked his team's bus with bottles and rocks. Adelaide City midfielder Angelo Costanzo will find out today if he has permanently lost the sight of his left eye after his pupil was cut by flying glass as hooligans pelted the bus in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday night. |
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