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Article: American men rallying on world scene.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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Byline: Steve Silver, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Upon further review, American tennis is not dead. In fact, it has quite a strong pulse.
With more singles players in the top 25 than any other country and two top-10 players, America is doing just fine in men's tennis compared to the rest of the world. But the major problem with American tennis is not the rest of the world, but America's own successful tennis history.
With Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang and retiring Andre Agassi, Americans claimed 20 Grand Slam titles and almost always maintained the world No.1 position in the 1990s.
"We Americans are spoiled when it comes to having ...