Comments on: USA will miss the Williams sisters immensely http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/08/venus-serena-williams-stars-of-us-tennis/ Independent Sports News and Opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bullfrog http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/08/venus-serena-williams-stars-of-us-tennis/comment-page-1/#comment-4767 bullfrog Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:41:30 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=6439#comment-4767 Yes, the US only has two player under the age of 20 in the Top 100 (Oudin & Glatch). But despite all the "success", Russia only has one player under the age of 20 in the Top 100 (Pavlyuchenkova). How do you explain that? In general, with a just a few notable exceptions like Wozniacki and Sharapova, you just don't see teenagers rising straight to the top anymore. Yes, the US only has two player under the age of 20 in the Top 100 (Oudin & Glatch).

But despite all the “success”, Russia only has one player under the age of 20 in the Top 100 (Pavlyuchenkova). How do you explain that?

In general, with a just a few notable exceptions like Wozniacki and Sharapova, you just don’t see teenagers rising straight to the top anymore.

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