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Strings Attached

By By John Gustafson
ESPN The Magazine

Monday, August 18, 2003

Five freshly scrubbed tennis players climb out of the 90° sunshine and retreat to the shade of a courtside porch. It's early July, a day before the Miller Lite championships begin, and the group -- Brian Vahaly, Taylor Dent, James Blake, Mardy Fish and Robby Ginepri -- has gathered for a photo shoot at the Newport (R.I.) Casino, home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Casino resembles a modest New England version of the All England Club. Outside on Bellevue Avenue, tourists flock to t ...

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