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Big guns take different routes to Australian Open
UNDATED : Arch-rivals Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker are taking different approaches as they pre-
pare for next month's Australian Open tennis championship.
US Open champion Edberg has decided to play doubles in a minor tournament to sharpen his volleying skills, while three-time Womblcdon champion Becker Is playing as Steffi Grafs partner In an exhibition event.
Edberg will have as a partner Australian John Fitzgerald in the doubles at the Australian hardcourt championships starting Monday at Adelaide's Memorial Drive Arena. He decided to bypass the singles.
Defending Australian Open champion Becker, meanwhile. Is set to play both singles and mixed doubles as he combines with Graf on the German team at the Hopman Cup exhibition, which continues In Peth through Friday
Some players feel the Hopman Cup format of men’s singles, women's singles and mixed doubles is a far from ideal preparation for a Grand Slam tournament, but French Davis Cup star Henri Leconte is not among them.
"I want to get back Into the top 30 as soon as possible and this tournament enabled me to be ready for the Australian Open— where I want to prove I can play well again." Leconte said
The Hopman Cup and the Australian Hardcourt champ) onahips arc among four events scheduled In the region this week as warmup* for the first Grand Slam tournament of the
The Australian hardcourt, the Queensland Open for women in Brisbane and the BP Nationals In Wellington. New Zealand, all run from Monday through next Sunday.
The following weok. both men and women will compete In the New South Waka Open In Sydney, while men also have the choice of playing In a tour
nament in Auckland. New Zealand.
Most of the big guns of men’s tennis will play in the Rio Challenge exhibition In Adelaide Jan. 8-11.
The entry for the Rio Challenge includes Swede Edberg and Americans Jim Courier. Pete Sampreas. Michael Chang and John McEnroe, along with Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia.
Ivan Lendl and Leconte will be among those playing the New South Wales Open after having not been invited to play In the Rio Challenge.
Becker plans to practice in Melbourne for the 10 days before the Australian Open.
Czechoslovak player Jana Novotna and American Pam Shriver are among the few big-name women competing in the Queensland Open.
Graf will play only the Hopman Cup before going to Melbourne to practice, while World No. 1 Monica Seles of
Yugoslavia has decided against playing arty warm-up tournaments.
Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina. Spaniards Aranta Sanchez Vicario and Conchita Martinez and American Mary Joe Fernandez all will play tn the womens singles at the New South Wales Open, along with Novotna.
Whatever their build-up plans, the sport s lop playcCs will find competition tougher than ever at the Australian; Open.
Only Americans Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connor* among the leading men have decided against playing the open this year. American Martina Navratilova is the only notable absentee from the women's entries.
The Australian Open begins Jan. 13 at the National Tennis Center In Melbourne and continues through Jan 26.