Fifth-seeded Henman had sparkled all week in the hardcourt desert event, cruising past Stefan Koubek, Byron Black and Niclas Lapentti before dismissing semi-finalist Alberto Costa.

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So was Byron Winton, a black investment banker from Chicago, who bought a phone from Wright.

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"This is black sand, " said ten-year tour veteran and Illinois farmer Byron Jones approvingly, toeing the ground of an Indiana field.

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