He attributed his withdrawal against Jonas Bjorkman in the U.S. Open to spending too long in a cold television studio following his win over Sampras. Pierce was spotted around town with her latest beau, baseball star Roberto Alomar. The second baseman of the Baltimore Orioles is in town to watch Pierce at the year's first Grand Slam tennis tournament, and they attended a local baseball game on Friday night. Not that too many of them are complaining. American Lindsay Davenport, the No. 2 seed and Olympic singles champion, is one of them.
Some people love being a star.
I am not one of those people. Kournikova loves stories written about her. For myself, I won't be worrying about it if nobody writes about me. Davenport, at 21, has been around since 1993, and is ranked No. 3 in the world. The rest of us are trying to be there in the second week, and then go away with the title.