Evert Lloyd to Play in New Orleans Event
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Chris Evert Lloyd will head the field at the second annual Virginia Slims of New Orleans tennis tournament at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena Sept. 23-29.
A $30,000 winner’s purse will be up for grabs in the $150,000 tournament.
Among those joining Lloyd, ranked No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Assn., will be Australian Wendy Turnbull, 32, currently ranked No. 9 by the WTA.
Turnbull is third in career prize money earnings behind Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova.
The lineup so far also includes Kathy Rinaldi and Carling Bassett.
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