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**IrrettelatWet** · 05-08-2009, 01:55 PM

Mhmm. I was pretty surprised to see Cirstea included in the discussion. I've been wondering lately how much of this (relatively, of course) "late-blooming" might have to do with the newer tournament restrictions for younger girls, which I'm in full support of. Still, it is strange to think that we'll never see another Hingis, let alone Tracy Austin, because the young girls just can't get the match experience to become a young champion.

While I agree that the restrictions might keep us from seeing someone attain a Hingisesque level of success at a young age, I think there will always be room for a teenage phenom to take the WTA by storm. But I don't know that there are any on the horizon. Who's the last young lady that you heard mentioned as a future multiple-Slam winner? It seems like the most anyone says these days is future top-10er.

Does anyone know of some young lady lingering outside the spotlight that is being talked of as the next huge thing? I don't. For all the love MLDB gets, she's now 16, has yet to crack the Top 75 (and is now back in the 100s), and has made 1 Quarterfinal - at Tashkent.

05-08-2009, 01:55 PM	#7
IrrettelatWet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Mhmm. I was pretty surprised to see Cirstea included in the discussion. I've been wondering lately how much of this (relatively, of course) "late-blooming" might have to do with the newer tournament restrictions for younger girls, which I'm in full support of. Still, it is strange to think that we'll never see another Hingis, let alone Tracy Austin, because the young girls just can't get the match experience to become a young champion. While I agree that the restrictions might keep us from seeing someone attain a Hingisesque level of success at a young age, I think there will always be room for a teenage phenom to take the WTA by storm. But I don't know that there are any on the horizon. Who's the last young lady that you heard mentioned as a future multiple-Slam winner? It seems like the most anyone says these days is future top-10er. Does anyone know of some young lady lingering outside the spotlight that is being talked of as the next huge thing? I don't. For all the love MLDB gets, she's now 16, has yet to crack the Top 75 (and is now back in the 100s), and has made 1 Quarterfinal - at Tashkent.
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