Diane Pucin

Mary Pierce skipped. Steffi Graf cried. Pierce crunched a volley so hard-so solid-that you shivered. She skipped three steps to the net, then smiled and twirled her blond braid, because...

Of course there is blame for Jennifer Capriati. She is 18. She had chosen to quit playing tennis after a first-round loss at the U.S. Open last fall. She had...