If you look at the nationalities of most of the players ranked in the top 200, you will find Spain, France, England and Germany, the countries that have been spending the money on their junior programs. All of this is what has led the USTA to make some major changes. Next week, I'll tell you some of the ways it plans on spending these millions. The USTA is on the right track, a few years late, but at least it is a start. There is still no official word from the USAC on the birthday issue.
Indications still point toward a major change.
However, the Texas Tennis Association doesn't have to follow what the USTA does. There is a possibility the TTA could keep the present system because the new one would require too many changes. This will especially be true for 1999. Once again, we'll let you know the latest news next week. For example, if you don't like your opponent hitting high and deep to your backhand, then you should hit high and deep to his or her backhand.