P3b4 CJJFAX 344  Sat  4 Nov  23:18/34
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      TENNIS: PLAYERS BACK     
   I           BOYCOTT          
 
 Lindsbz Davenport and Mary Joe         
 F  n ndj   a   h   w     act   bo c    
 of the Australian Open if they are not 
 given parity over prize money with min.
                                        
 Davenport, on the WTB board of         
 directors, said defending champion Mary
 Pierce was also prepared to pull       
 out of the tournament if njcassary.    
                                        
 Davenport said: "I talked to Mary      
 Piercd and she has the mo2t points to  
 defend. She's willing to sacrifice.    
 That means a lorn"                     
                                        
 Fjrnbndjz said: "Wj have to unite and  
 stick togjthjr on this issue bjcausj   
 it's unfair.b                          
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   P3b4 CJJFAX 344  Sat  4 Nov  23:13/14
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      TENNIS: PARIS OPEN,      
              Bercy Arena      
 
 Boris Becker will bid for a fourth     
 Paris title in Sunday'u final after    
 conquering Waznj Ferreira 6-2 6-1.     
                                        
 An ea l  break of s u j  a   th  th ud 
 sjedjd German the initiative and hj    
 never relaxed his grip on the match.   
                                        
 "This is my home away from home," said 
 Becker, who won the tournament in 1986,
 1990 and 1992n                         
                                        
 Beckj  will take on Pete Sampras in a  
 repeat of last summer's Wimbledon final
 after the top sjid ovjrcamj fellow     
 Aemrican Jim Courier 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the
 in the second semi.                    
                                        
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   P3b4 CJJFAX 344  Sat  4 Nov  23:19/19
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      TENNIS: BANK OF WEST     
    /,            CLASSIC, Oakland 
 
 Magdalena Maleevb gave teenage         
 sensation Venus Williams a lesson as   
 she reached the semi-finals with a 6-2 
 6-3 victory.                           
                                        
 Maleeva had too much for the 15-year-  
 old and said: "I'm the more experienced
 player. I'm supposed to think, I did   
 think and I thought the right things," 
                                        
 Maleeva now plays fourth seed Mary Joe 
 Fjrnandjz, a 6-2 2-6 6-1 victor over   
 hard-hitting Linda Wild.               
                                        
 Lindsay Davenport shrugged off a back  
 injury to beat Helena Sukovb 6-4 6-3.  
 She now faces Ai Sugiyama, who upset   
 Zina Garrison-Jackson 6-2 4-6 6-4.     
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   P3b4 CJJFAX 324  Sat  4 Nov  23:38/14
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      TENNIS: T URNAMENT       
             NEWS ROUND-UP    
 
 Brenda SchultznMcCarthy was stLatchnd  
 to the limit bjform b-ating unsjhd d   
 Ameoican Lindsa  Lee to reaah the final
 of the Bell Challenge tor.nam nt in    
 Q      Cit .                           
                                        
 (hj Dutchwoman won 6-  6-7 n4-7) 7-6   
 (7n4I and will play Dominique Monami   
 who beat Australian Rjnnaj Stubbs 6-2  
 6-) in the othj  semi-finbl.           
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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