European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 29, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33she can go As far As she wants Art Spander Lindsay Davenport is the other girl the one who stayed Home the one who goofed off with her pals the one who a week ago went through High school graduation ironically just about the time Jennifer Capriati was finished going through drug rehab. Quot we re the same age a Davenport says comparing herself with Capriati Quot obviously she was leaps and Bounds ahead of me when we were 14 and 15. She was Here then and everybody in the states was rooting for now everybody is rooting for Capriati in a different Way hoping Shell get her life together hoping a a she Isnit haunted by a combination of a missed childhood and missed forehand. Now its Jennifer who a Home and Lindsay Daven a port three weeks past her 18th birthday who a in the Wimbledon draw and after mondays 6-1,6-3 Victory Over Gabriela Sabatini its on to the quarterfinals. Now its Davenport from Murrieta in Southern californians Outback country who is predicted to become the next great american woman Tennis player although without the attendant benefits or baggage carried by Capriati. A Lindsay can go As far As she wants a said Lynne Rolley her coach from the . Tennis association. In Tennis that is. Where Davenport dearly wanted to go was with senior class friends from Murrieta Valley High to a fancy resort for a few Days of Sun and fun your Basic graduation Blowout. / Quot it was really sad a said Davenport. A but my Best Friend sky Lovinger and i came Here. We wanted to go there with them. A luckily when i get Back Home ill see everyone until they go off to the question with Young athletes particularly commentary Young female athletes is always the same How much How soon is it better to make a million dollars and rapid Progress or to make a life do you have to take a Chance on ending up disillusioned and possibly injured if you want to end up holding the winners plate Capriati was the eighth Grade wonder of the world when a couple of weeks before her 14th birthday she played Wimbledon. She had contracts with everyone she had headlines she had. Fun Well never know for sure. What Davenport knows is she a glad she did her Way and wishes Jennifer had done it the same Way. A i done to think she was Able to have anything Normal like friends or Davenport shopping even going to the movies. Arid that was something i definitely got to experience i feel i had very Normal teenage and High school years. Its something i never would Trade she is a big Young lady 6-2 and 165 pounds certainly not surprising since her father Wink a design Engineer is 6-8. Wink played for the . Volleyball team in the 1968 Mexico City olympics. Volleyball in fact is the Davenport family game. Her Mother Ann is president of the Southern California volleyball association. Her Sisters Luciann and Shannon play volleyball. A when i went out for it a Lindsay recalls a my father said a Why done to you find a different sport a so 1 went out for and Why Don t the British tabloids find a different foil in the Post match interview they kept hacking away at Lindsay wondering Why she did no to smile when she dispatched her opponents wondering if people taunt her because of her height. This from the country that gave us i Dicey pie and warm Beer. Davenport who probably will be skewered in the tabs a Quot grim giant a or maybe Quot huge sour puss a Are possibilities a for no legitimate reason was charming in her responses. A i Haven to seen myself play a she said about her expressions. Then conceded Quot its hard you know. People done to usually see girls or women this tall. getting used to the world of Tennis had Best get used to Lindsay not that with her personality and balance that should be at All difficult. She turned pro in february 1993. But instead of going of tour she went Back to her senior year at Murrieta Valley. College had been discussed. Urcla or Stanford. Quot my parents have always been really big on education said Davenport. Quot but things were going so Well and turning pro was always something i wanted to do a still she avoided the path Capriati was forced to take. A i went out As an Amateur to find out what it was like a said Davenport. Quot i Wasny to sure i wanted to do it there. I think maybe Jennifer a problem was she got thrown into it. She just had her family and some agents. 1 done to think she Ever made any Good friends. 1 Quot i done to think girls need to be out Here at 14 and -15, this is a a Job for which Lindsay Davenport the other girl seems very Well prepared thanking you $ everything the store except textbooks magazines newspapers and already discounted hardcover bestsellers 10% off clearance discount includes our regular 5% discount stars and stripes bookstores
