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NEWSWEEK TENNIS TOURNAMENT TO BE PLAYED ON PRIME TIME

10.21.1994

     The final singles championship of the '95 Newsweek Champions
Cup, one of the "Super Nine" tournaments of the IBM/ATP Tour,
will be played on Monday, March 13 and broadcast on prime time by
ESPN at 9:00pm EST.  This is the first time since the inception
of the ATP Tour in '90 that a tournament final has been scheduled
for a Monday.  Tournament Dir Charlie Pasarell: "Years ago some
tournaments had Monday night finals and the ATP Tour and ESPN
asked us to try this concept once again" (Newsweek).

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