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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Newport Beach completes roster
Wednesday April 02, 2003
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) The Newport Beach Breakers drafted
Australian doubles specialist Josh Eagle and teenagers Maria
Sharapova and Shenay Perry on Wednesday to join Lindsay Davenport
for their inaugural World TeamTennis season.
The Breakers also obtained Brian MacPhie, the league's male MVP
from 1996-98, in a trade with the Sacramento Capitals to complete
their five-player roster.
Davenport's acquisition was announced Feb. 6 in conjunction with
the team's creation. Newport Beach had traded its first-round
choice in Wednesday's draft to the New York Buzz in exchange for
Davenport.
Eagle, 29, won three ATP Tour doubles titles last year and was
MacPhie's partner in March's Pacific Life Open and Nasdaq-100 Open.
Sharapova, a 15-year-old Russian living in Bradenton, Fla., is
ranked 167th on the WTA Tour singles rankings and reached the
Wimbledon girls' singles final last year.
The 18-year-old Perry is from Coral Springs, Fla., and ranked
182nd.
The Breakers open their season July 7.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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