By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.comSTANFORD, Calif. -- It's easier to get information out of Washington than the WTA, which used to be called the Women's Tennis Association, an organization which keeps secrets with ways the White House only wishes it could.
The ladies are in Northern California this week, at the Bank of the West Classic on the Stanford campus, where if the importance doesn't quite equal that of Wimbledon or the upcoming U.S. Open, the setting is far more enticing.
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