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Fernandez remembered for her trademark zeal on the court

By Joel Drucker
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 29, 2008

It's a quick two-hour flight from Gigi Fernandez's current base in Orlando to her homeland of Puerto Rico. Of late, it's a flight she's taken with increasingly frequency. More than a decade after retiring from professional tennis, Fernandez is devoting the bulk of her time to opening a health and wellness center in Puerto Rico. The 44-year-old Fernandez can't say much about the new venture now, but as was the case with her tennis, she's approaching it with trademark zeal. After leaving Clems ...

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