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# Shin may put damper on WTA Championships for Davenport
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/shin-may-put-damper-on-wta-championships-for-davenport/
- Published: 2002-11-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:50:37.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By TOM A. MCFERSON Special to the Daily Press*

With only a few days to go before the top women in professional tennis meet at next week’s Home Depot WTA Championships, an injured shin is still a cause for concern for Lindsey Davenport.

Davenport on Thursday admitted that the injury, an inflamed tendon in her right leg, was still causing her pain and keeping her from her normal practice schedule. She has only begun doing on-court workouts in the last couple of days.

The WTA Championships, which begin next Wednesday at Staples Center, feature the top 16 ranked women in singles and the top eight ranked teams in doubles. Americans dominate the field, with Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, Davenport, and Chanda Rubin.

Davenport, who missed the majority of this year after knee surgery, made it her goal last summer to qualify for the end of year WTA Championships, an event she has played in every year since 1994\. That goal was accomplished two weeks ago in Switzerland, where Davenport reached the final of The Swisscom Challenge.

The shin injury was a result of that tournament, however, and the two other events that immediately preceded it. Although Davenport “may have pushed it too much” trying to qualify, it was important for her to end the year on a positive note.

“I’m really looking forward to it,“ Davenport said about the event. “I’m kind of looking forward to being a floater, to spoiling the draw.”

> “I’m really looking forward to (the Championships.) I’m kind of looking forward to being a floater, to spoiling the draw.” — — LINDSEY DAVENPORT Professional tennis player

She finds herself in the unusual position of being unseeded in this year’s tournament.

This is the third location in three years for the tournament, which last year moved from New York to Munich, Germany.

Lukewarm excitement and half-filled arenas prompted the WTA to move the tournament again, this time to Los Angeles.

Davenport says that there is a “buzz” to this year’s event, and that the players are excited about the new location.

The top qualifiers are Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Monica Seles, Daniela Hantuchova, and Jelena Dokic.

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*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 2, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110202.pdf?ref=smdp.com)