WTA Chase Championship Draws Update

NEW YORK — First-round matchups for the women’s tennis season-ending Chase Championships following the draw conducted Thursday at Madison Square Garden (prefix number denotes seeding):

Top half:

1-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) vs Sandrine Testud (France)

Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) vs 8-Nathalie Tauziat (France)

3-Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) vs Steffi Graf (Germany)

Anna Kournikova (Russia) vs 5-Monica Seles (U.S.)

Bottom half:

7-Conchita Martinez (Spain) vs Dominique van Roost (Belgium)

Irina Spirlea (Romania) vs 4-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)

6-Mary Pierce (France) vs Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)

Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) vs 2-Martina Hingis (Switzerland)