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Ferrero facing tough defense of title

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 20, 2004

In America, young athletes dream of winning the World Series or the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals. In Europe, tiny tennis players see themselves winning the French Open on the marvelous red clay of Roland Garros. Last year, two of them -- Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium and Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero -- achieved that goal for the first time. Ferrero's ascension to the crown was logical; he reached the semifinals in his first two appearances in Paris and then lost the 2002 final to eventual ch ...

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