Biggest hit

The Williams family. Not only because dad Richard kept up his image of being like a cross between boxing's Don King and Brendan Ingle, but because his daughters brought something to the party that had not been there before. They brought attitude, a big tennis game that has forced people to feel the sweep of change and an independent streak in their characters which, shock-horror, suggests they think and care about things other than tennis. When Serena pulled out of a tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina because the "red necks" at the State House insisted on flying the racist confederate flag, she became the first female, probably since Martina Navratilova confronted the world with her sexuality, to make a significant non-tennis gesture. In a game noted for its selfish extravagances, this is new ground.