AMERICAN qualifier Alexandra Stevenson, who lived a tennis cinderella story which ended with her semifinal loss to Lindsay Davenport at the Wimbledon Championships, has already decided how to spend some of her winnings.The 18-year-old couldn't have picked a more lucrative place to turn professional. She came to the All England Club as an amateur and made her decision to go pro before the event began.

The teenager leaves with a cheque for $ 154,700. It may be a while before she sees another one of that size.

Stevenson is pondering her chance to help out her mother Samantha around their California apartment.

It seems that the communal washing machine in the building is a bit of a bother for Samantha Stevenson. So Alexandra is planning to buy mum one.`Not ready to talk about Dr J'

Alexandra Stevenson isn't ready to talk about her father, former basketball star Julius Dr. J Erving. But she hasn't ruled it out.

``I don't know, when I feelready, Maybe,'' said the 18-year-old Californian yesterday, a day after Erving acknowledged he was the girl's father.

The question about her parentage became an issue this week as she marched through the tournament - with her highly visible mother, Samantha, by her side - to become the first woman qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the semifinals.

British champion in next millennium

May be Britain will find a man to win Wimbledon in the next millennium.``At this rate, in 2001 I'll be the clear favorite,'' said Britain's Tim Henman, ousted yesterday in the semifinals by five-time champion Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. It was Henman's second Wimbledon semifinal loss in two years to Sampras.