NEW YORK -- The WTA confirmed the move of its season-ending championships from New York to Munich beginning in 2001.

As part of the switch, the Tour will shorten its event schedule by two weeks but will add seven new events, doubling up some weeks to increase the number of tournaments from 58 to at least 65.

New events are scheduled for Canberra, Australia; Doha, Qatar; Acapulco, Mexico; Basel, Switzerland; Hawaii; Casablanca, Morocco; and Surabaya, Indonesia.

In addition, four other events will switch sites after this year. The Family Circle Cup moves from Hilton Head, S.C. to Charleston; the Philadelphia event goes to Nice, France; the Hannover, Germany event moves to Dubai; and the Wismilak International leaves Kuala Lumpur for Bali, Indonesia.<

Positive thinking
Defending champion Serena Williams knows tennis has its ups and downs, so she tries to deal with them rationally.

"After a while, you get to know that you're not going to win every point all the time," she said. "Sometimes you're going to get bad calls.

"You have to say, 'Oops, oh well,' not 'Oops, I did it again.' Move on."

Aces up for women
Serena Williams had 14 aces in her fourth-round victory over Jelena Dokic, increasing her total for the U.S. Open to 36, a 14-ace lead over Nathalie Tauziat.

They are part of 541 aces in the tournament by women players, 26 more than last year's total of 515.

Chase Manhattan Bank contributes $50 for each ace at the Open to its Tennis Camps for Girls program which provides free lessons for New York City girls aged 10-14. This year's donation is now $27,050.

Hurry up
Top-seeded Martina Hingis had to wait out a marathon match by her boyfriend, No. 3 Magnus Norman, at the U.S. Open. She was scheduled for the next match on the court Sunday as Norman battled Max Mirnyi in five sets that lasted over four hours with another four hours of rain delays.

"Usually the women play first, then you wait for the guy to finish," Hingis said after her match against Sandrine Testud was completed on Monday. "It was the longest match of the tournament. At 4-all, I had no more feelings. I was just laying there, watching. 'Come on. Get it over."'

Hingis made much faster work of Testud, winning in straight rain-delayed sets starting Sunday and ending Monday.