The Washington Post, August 30th, 1998
When the United States Open Tennis Championships begin their annual two-week run in New York City tomorrow morning, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles will both be there -- but not in the spotlight they once owned. Not that long ago, the two of them were women's tennis. Now, they are looked upon by most of the public as the warm-up act for the sport's brigade of youth: top-ranked Martina Hingis, Venus and Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova. Venus Williams, the oldest of that group, recently turned 18. In sports, youth is not only served, it is spoiled and coddled, hyped and made heroic -- often before...
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