From: donna@attic.bae.bellcore.com (Donna Feliciano)
Subject: Re: 1992 Virginia Slims Championship Draw, updated
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:36:28 GMT

In article <1992Nov14.112238.17793@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>, shun@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (shun.cheung) writes:
|> 
|> The draw is now completed.
|> 
|>                    1992 Virginia Slims Championship Draw
|> 
|>              Seles (1) --------+
|>                                |--------+
|>                Tauziat --------+        |
|>                                         |--------+
|>                Novotna --------+        |        |
|>                                |--------+        |
|>     M.J. Fernandez (6) --------+                 |
|>                                                  |--------+
|>           Sabatini (3) --------+                 |        |
|>                                |--------+        |        |
|>                Frazier --------+        |        |        |
|>                                         |--------+        |
|>                 Sukova --------+        |                 |
|>                                |--------+                 |
|>           Capriati (7) --------+                          |
|>                                                           +--------> Champion
|>    Sanchez-Vicario (5) --------+                          |
|>                                |--------+                 |
|>               Garrison --------+        |                 |
|>                                         |--------+        |
|>      Maleeva-Fragniere --------+        |        |        |
|>                                |--------+        |        |
|>        Navratilova (4) --------+                 |        |
|>                                                  |--------+
|>           Martinez (8) --------+                 |
|>                                |--------+        |
|>             K. Maleeva --------+        |        |
|>                                         |--------+
|>                 McNeil --------+        |
|>                                |--------+
|>               Graf (2) --------+
|> 
|> 
|> This draw is very similar to last year's among the seeded players. The
|> main difference is that Martinez instead of Novotna is the eighth seed.
|> Otherwise, all of the projected quarter-final match-ups are the same.
|> Whether we'll see similar results remains to be seen. The top half includes
|> two-time defending champion Seles as well as Sabatini and Capriati.
|> Novotna is capable of playing excellent tennis on carpet and is the
|> dark horse. In the bottom half, IMO, Martina and Graf are certainly
|> the favorites on carpet.


I have a question:  Is this determined by rankings, earnings, or
VS points?  Just curious why Mary Pierce isn't in there, since
she is ranked in the top 16, and has been for a while.

Donna

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