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Wed 11 Nov 2002Dublin event awaits sanctionTENNIS: Despite the large-scale imagination and attractiveness of the star-laden RDS tennis event, which starts on December 5th and involves six of the top 10 players in the world, the competition still has to get the support of the governing body of tennis in this country, Tennis Ireland.Yesterday Tennis Ireland's chief executive Des Allen said that his organisation would only sanction the event after they received a number of written assurances from organisers Propriety Management. He added that a decision would be made on Saturday after a directors' meeting.