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Bank of the West Returns to The Farm
Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova highlight tournament field.
July 26, 1999
STANFORD, Calif. -The Bank of the West Tennis Classic begins Monday at Stanford's Taube
Family Tennis Stadium. Defending champion Lindsay Davenport, the world's
top-ranked player after winning Wimbledon earlier this month, leads a
strong field. Venus Williams, Amanda Coetzer and Anna Kournikova are some
of the other highly ranked players competing in the $500,000 Corel WTA tour
event.
Monday's afternoon session begins at 11 a.m. with Jane Chi meeting Fabiola
Zuluaga on court 1 and Meilin Tu meeting Maureen Drake on court 2. Other
matches in the afternoon session on court 1: Tamarine Tanasugarn vs.
Kimberly Po, former Stanford star Anne Kremer vs. Dominique Van Roost and
Kristine Kunce/Anne-Gaelle Sidot vs. Amanda Coetzer/Kimberly Po. On court
2: Stanford sophomore-to-be Gabriela Lastra meets a qualifier and Lisa
Raymond plays Cara Black.
Monday's evening session, beginning at 7:30 p.m., features Irina Spirlea
vs. Chanda Rubin, Amy Frazier vs. Anke Huber and Mirjana Lucic/Larisa
Neiland vs. Lindsay Davenport/Corina Morariu.
More information is available at the Bank of the West website.