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ATP chief concerned with players withdrawing

Associated Press

Saturday, January 13, 2007

MELBOURNE, Australia -- ATP chairman Etienne de Villiers has an edict for his elite tennis players: Start treating fans with more respect. In the past week, seven players withdrew from the Sydney International. The most controversial was Russian player Nikolay Davydenko, who was later fined $10,000 for saying that it was a "small tournament" that "nobody cares about." De Villiers said he was concerned that 383 players withdrew from men's tournaments last year. "I'm saying, 'Le ...

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