For a few years at the turn of the century he was the King of Paris and the darl...
SAO PAULO - For a few years at the turn of the century he was the King of Paris and the darling of Brazilian tennis but a failure to build on his success means no one is likely to challenge Gustavo Kuerten as Brazil’s best-known tennis player any time soon.
The reasons are manifold and not new. Another Brazilian, Maria Bueno, won 11 Grand Slam singles titles between 1959 and 1966 but it took 30 year before Guga came anywhere near replicating her haul of trophies. Rafael Westrupp, president of the Brazilian Tennis Confederation, admitted that Brazil missed the chance to build on Guga’s fame.
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