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TENNIS COLUMNIST WRITES ON WTA TOUR'S SEARCH FOR A NEW BOSS

          The "power struggle" to fill Corel WTA Tour CEO Anne
     Worcester's position and "control the future direction of
     the women's tour could well set back a game just now surging
     ahead," according to Andrea Leand of TENNIS.  Leand: "Each
     of the various parties involved wants a CEO who will support
     their side of the myriad issues facing the women's game --
     including five combined women's and men's events."  In her
     term, Leand notes Worcester "utilized every possible
     resource, most notably" IMG, to secure sponsors Corel and
     Chase, and to establish an int'l TV package.  But these
     "very entities with whom she worked, who now give her only
     marginal credit for polishing the fledgling image the tour
     had three years ago, may undermine her hope for, as she put
     it, 'a smooth transition of leadership.'"  Leand: "The most
     common sense move would be to hire a CEO who understands the
     benefits of the combined-events idea. ...  The WTA Tour
     finally has a wealth of talent on the court.  It's time to
     put aside the power struggles and court real talent for its
     top spot" (TENNIS, 6/97 issue).

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