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Byline: Jennifer Bjorhus
ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Fans watching the 2004 U.S. Open tennis tournament during the next two weeks may catch a glimpse of staff driving small Zamboni-like contraptions vacuuming pesky rainwater off the courts.
The court-drying machines _ which replace the system of hand-pushed squeegees, blowers and towels the U.S. Tennis Association was using _ were made by Golden Valley sweeper-maker Tennant Co.
Tennant sold 24 of the specially-configured machines to the USTA in White Plains, N.Y., for about $18,000 a piece and finished shipping them in time for the tournament, which opened Monday and runs through Sept. 12.
The ...