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Message: [QUOTE="VAUConnFan, post: 2011703, member: 501"] A recent tennis article discussing something about which I had not given any thought; That the overwhelming dominance of power in the women's game means that teenaged phenoms have become extinct. As well as Ms Vandeweghe has played in the Australian Open, as good as she is projected to be, the hope that she is going to be around a while - The fact is she is 25 and has just played in her first grand slam semifinal. Is this going to be the new normal and will players now look to retire in their mid to upper 30's going forward? Will we see other players(read Keys, Stephens, Townsend, and others) make their big breakthroughs as they mature a bit more. American tennis on the women's side may not die with the Williams sisters. That will be my hope going forward. [/QUOTE]