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Jim Loehr’s fantastic original series comes to a close with his personal analysis of American junior tennis. What would it take to bring more Americans back into the mix at the top of the game? In Jim’s view one thing: money. The prohibitive cost of junior development in the states is excluding huge numbers of young athletes who are potentially elite players. Having just returned from the 2014 Easter Bowl–the elite American junior tournament–the luxury SUV’s in the parking lot make it hard to argue.