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Article: 8 men remain in hunt for title, recognition.

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July 2, 2003
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Byline: Mike Downey

WIMBLEDON, England _ A number of very fine players never won a Wimbledon singles championship.

Jim Courier. Ivan Lendl. Tracy Austin. Zina Garrison. Ken Rosewall. Ilie Nastase. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Gabriela Sabatini. Guillermo Vilas. Vitas Gerulaitis. Pam Shriver. Sue Barker. Henri Leconte. Hana Mandlikova. Michael Chang. Monica Seles.

I have to be honest with you now:

None of the eight men in the running for the 2003 Wimbledon championship has anybody here saying: "Well, it's about time."

Andy Roddick? He isn't overdue _ he's 20. Tim Henman? Means a lot more to the Brits than to anybody else. Roger ...

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