Venus Williams Bounced Early

Wed., April 7, 1999

One sister, one night only. This time, The Williams Show fizzled before it ever got rolling.

Third-seeded Venus Williams had a 10-match winning streak snapped in the second round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla. It was a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) loss to Sonya Jeyaseelan, a 140thranked qualifier - the lowest-ranked player Williams has lost to since turning pro 4 years ago.

Seeded winners included No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, No. 6 Patty Schnyder, No. 8 Barbara Schett and No. 9 Anna Kournikova.

Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport head the U.S. Fed Cup team selected to play Croatia on April 17-18.

Captain Billie Jean King also picked Chanda Rubin and Lisa Raymond.

The two teams were to have played in Zagreb, Croatia, but the International Tennis Federation moved the site to the Raleigh (N.C.) Racquet Club because of the NATO air strikes against Serbia.

The United States has won the Cup 15 times since its inception in 1963, more than any other nation. The United States and Croatia have never played each other in the event.

At Oeiras, Portugal, Yevgeny Kafelnikov squandered a chance to capture the No. 1 men’s ranking when he lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to Romania’s Andrei Pavel in the first round of the Estoril Open.

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