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Young ten takes succ By The Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND The past month has been a bu: one for tennis phenomenon Jei nifer Capriati. She turned professional ar gained the finals of her first p tournament, eraced the cover ? national sports publications ar earned more than $36,000 in pri: money and, to boot, celebrated h 14th birthday. There has been intense fan a tendon and media scrudny am predictions the Wesley Chape Fla., teen-ager is the next Chi Evert. She also has been compare with top-ranked Steffi Graf. "I have to get used to it. Son things you just get used to," C priati said after her opening rour win Monday over Susan Sloane the $500,000 Family Circle Mag zine Cup. Pressure exists, she admits, b cause everyone expects her to c well. "But I just have to try to block out. I'm playing for myself. F not playing for the people so don't reallv care what thev p.xne * j ?r' me to do," she said. About 4,500 people saw Capria play on the green clay at stadiui court at Sea Pines Racquet Cli on Hilton Head Island. It was tl largest opening day crowd in tl 18 years the tournament has bee staged, officials said. The righthander with the tw< hand backhand hit her first tenn ball when she was 3 and notche junior victories last season at tl French Open and the U.S. Opei She also was a quarterfinalist i Wimbledon. "In the beginning, I never real! thought about turning pro. Bi when I started winning the junk tournaments and stuff, I thougl now I could," Capriati said. " lip wl p I HHl#' Huger ! Tickets on sale: Mc For rr MUR the physical cor & Photograph C physical co?me the stage in fast-paced appreciation for the sai observer (audience) ho komos, merrymaking] A A Broug nis phenom ess in stride wasn't really always, 'I'm going to _ turn pro as soon as I can.'" The teen-ager admits there have n- been sacrifices along the way. She attends private school in id Florida and is in class when she ro isn't playing in a tournament. The of school makes it easy for her to id catch up on missed class work, she ze said. er While she's the center of media attention at tournaments, "the it- friends I have, the real friends, id don't talk about it. They think I'm d, just me and not Jennifer Capriati, is tennis player." ?d Because of the demands "of the game, "I may not be able to go ie somewhere here or someplace a- there with them. But I'm willing to id make that sacrifice," Capriati said, in As far as her colleagues on the a- women's tour, "I don't know whether they've accepted me yet e- or whatever," she said. "They're lo nice to me. They just say 'hi' and stuff, but I'm not really close with it them. I don't know how they feel m about me." 1 Despite the fame and fortune, ct there's still a 14-year-old girl lurking behind Capriati's quick smile. 1 She's won more than $36,000 during the past month but the mo1 ney is handled by her parents, Stefano and Denise. ie 'n "I think I can't use it until I'm 18, but I have no idea" where the > money goes, she admitted, is For her birthday on March 28, ^ she received a compact disc player ie ? something she said she's n mnntnH fVvt* o \irUi1n CKa n1n/\ '? waiuv/u iui a wuug. jug aidU igat ceived a CD to go with it ? a rap recording by the artist Young MC. Ly at Capriati likes to read and sew ar and, when she's not playing tennis tit or attending classes, "I just love It shopping," she said with a grin. ^ ALAh , * - % performing ON Sj Street Concei ; *> 903 Huger St. anifest Discs & Taylor St. Pharmacy & Hot Box / __ ?A: ^^.11 /-k ? ^ r-__i l _ -.A / OOON A ' lore inTormauun, oun tnTenainmeni k.ouoj PH? nedian vs jpp? * - * -f j s^lii ^UKKMKKtr KH IV ilcLvfd du Busc di*3n (fiz'i-kal ka-me'de-an) , reckless abandon. 2. A professic ictity of his own body (pratt falls) wl with laughter, ex. MURPH [< I ^LSO SEE: acrobat, juggler, profesj pril 6 12:00 -Green Str< ht to you as part of RECESS Car - * .. ** m--v^ * * : - - : *'< ??'?''" "* i-5*J WSti*-1 % * " * w \ f > ' Look out! USC junior Tricia Popowski dodges a pitch in Tuesc olina. USC won the first game 7-1 and the second 11-31 Got a news tip? 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