Tennis is still an affluent game in America, largely a country club game, and though that environment certainly doesn’t preclude a player from rising to greatness, there’s an innate hunger that comes from having to struggle for everything you get.
“Something that we have not done, and it’s been a mistake, is we’ve not gone into the inner city because that’s where the athletes are,” continued Buchholz. “And that’s a challenge because all those kids want to play basketball, football and baseball.”
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