TOP 10 TENNIS

MEN

No. Player Comment

1. Andre Agassi: Skipping (No) Masters Series at Monte Carlo.

2. Lleyton Hewitt: And him too.

3. Patrick Rafter: Make that three.

4. Gustavo Kuerten: Davis Cup festival ruined by loss to Hewitt.

5. Pete Sampras: The list is growing: Four Masters not in Monte Carlo.

6. Juan Carlos Ferrero: Chavalito (little kid) growing up fast on clay.

7. Jan-Michael Gambill: Dismantling wasn’t pretty against Agassi.

8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov: One man wasn’t enough against the Swedes.

9. Roger Federer: France not as easy to topple as United States.

10. Felix Mantilla: Rose like a Felix until final in Portugal.

WOMEN

No. Player Comment

1. Venus Williams: Next possible sister-sister match: German Open in Berlin.

2. Jennifer Capriati: Took last week off for family reasons.

3. Serena Williams: Good average. One title in four events in 2001.

4. Martina Hingis: Best news came off court in Miami stalker case.

5. Amelie Mauresmo: Fourteen straight victories and counting. One loss this year.

6. Lindsay Davenport: Injuries piling up in 2001.

7. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario: First victory against Hingis since 1996.

8. Kim Clijsters: Clay-court season could prove difficult.

9. Amanda Coetzer: Eight-match winning streak on clay halted by Mauresmo.

10. Elena Dementieva: Hurting and hobbled: Left Amelia Island on crutches.