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Determined Levine steadfast in making a name for himself

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Jesse Levine won the first 24 matches of his one-year college career at the University of Florida, but he never played Nikolay Davydenko. When Levine, a slight, spidery 19-year-old, walked onto the Grandstand Court for his first professional match at last year's U.S. Open, the formidable Russian was waiting for him. "You're playing the No. 4 player in the world," Levine said. "I'm not going to lie -- I remember being pretty overwhelmed." Levine, who had received a wild card fr ...

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