Player Spotlight: Chelsea Davis:: usta.com

Player Spotlight: Chelsea Davis:: usta.com~~~
I'm not familiar with Chelsea Davis, but I certainly know about her now, with this lengthy story about the fifteen-year-old with pro ambitions that was published under the "Community Tennis Player Spotlight" section of usta.com this week.

There's nothing much I can add to this story, which is full of fascinating details and quotes, except to say that it seems typical of junior tennis players with professional ambitions (and their parents). But the more I follow junior tennis, the more I've come to believe that every family harboring this dream is different, and that the paths they choose are fraught with unavoidable trade-offs that most have studied carefully.