Devoy’s future cemented

Press, 9 October 1987, Page 48

Devoy’s future cemented

PA Auckland sStHian?.BDevoy’s second worldsquaslitltleis likely to:give her another $200,000 in bonuses duW ing the next three years. “That victory was worth f ■ a lot more than justtpiej’ title — it cemented;/her >; earning capacity over/they, next three seasons,” ‘sa|d ‘; her coach, Bryce Taylor. ’ . “That’s the icing on the -cake, the cream on the top.” The star, aged; 23, earned $BOOO prizemoney fdr her second successive title when she destroyed her English rival, Lisa Onie, in straight games in the Honda final at the

Auckland Y.M.C.A. on Tuesday evening. It came at p time when most of her contracts /were up for renewal. ■? - “When I get back to London I will be tidying ? Up a new contract with Hi-Tech shoes because I handle the northern hemiy sphere,” Mr Taylor added. ’"•.’Then there’s also the I Stellar racquet contract and lots of other ones. I tend to handle the northern arrangements while John (Susan’s husband) looks after this part of the.? world. ,<■ “In termsofawiq Joss, situation the crucial financially MmO as for the

"Winning, as opposed to losing, that world title was . probably worth about , $200,000,” Taylor said. The delighted coach believes his star pupil will not have any thoughts of retiring until after the next world champs. Devoy has set herself targets of the British Open, in April, next yepr, Athens the 1989 British Open,ind% the world; championships in Otfobeis49B9. ? '• ,‘fThat would be a godd? time to review the situation because then she would have been at the top for seven years,” Mr Taylor said. ?“That, if she was i unbeaten, would bring her ;,iip to three Worlds and six

British Opens, and it would be nice to go c out hailed as the undisputed 'No 1.” . Taylor saidheonly saw*, the Australian Junibri Sarah threat - > “Apart from that, I ■Can’t see anyone; elsfe;on horizon who is likely ; ; to i* worry her. But the ■ thjng is when all the top fjew girls in the world thought it had settled down quite nicely in *B4, Susan literally came out of the woodwork. ■ “She came from thirtieth in the world to winning the British Open and world No. 1, so you never know.”