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Unproven future prospects keeping U.S. in the dark

By Sandra Harwitt
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

It was not long ago that American tennis could borrow the lyrics from the famous Queen tune and sing loudly and proudly "We are the Champions." But nowadays, times are tougher. Increasingly the powers that be in American tennis would be prudent to alter the lyrics to ask the question no nation wants to have to ask: Where are the champions? All four of the top U.S men from the last generation of players were Grand Slam titlists -- Pete Sampras ended his career with a record 14 trophies from th ...

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