ATP PROGRAM TO PROMOTE TENNIS TO KIDS WORLDWIDE

     ATP Tour players have created a world-wide program to
increase the appeal of tennis among kids and will subsidize it
with $1.5M from Tour and World Championships prize money.  The
ATP Tour Players' "Kids Fund" program will include a street
festival competition.  In addition to funding the program, the
ATP's Top 50 players each will make at least 10 appearances a
year at activities such as clinics, autograph and photo sessions,
Q-and-A sessions and other promotions.  The Fund is part of the
ATP's "Agenda for Progress" (ATP)
     SLOW DOWN: In an effort to enhance the quality of
competition, the Tour will work with other int'l tennis
federations to develop ball/court standards to regulate the speed
of the indoor game (ATP).