Tennis: Sampras sticks to chosen path Ronald Atkin says that the world No 1 will give the Davis Cup a miss

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 14, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

DEMAND FOR tickets to the Davis Cup tie between Britain and the United States at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, has been so massive that the 8,000 capacity is being extended by a further 1,000 seats, even though the event is still seven weeks away.

They are coming from as far away as Truro and Aberdeen to attend a guaranteed sell-out, an occasion which is, according to the Lawn Tennis Association's tournament director, Gavin Fletcher, "by far the biggest British tennis event this year outside Wimbledon".

Only in the United States is the reaction see-sawing between dismay and ...

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