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PARIS — Where would American tennis be without immigrant families?
Just for a start, consider the Samprases, the Agassis and the Changs, whose sons — Pete, Andre and Michael — became Grand Slam champions. But the list is so much longer, the ripple effect so much bigger and the story, which would make a fine book, is adding a new chapter at this French Open.
Of the four American women still in contention in Paris, two of them are young and prodigious talents whose parents came to the United States from present-day Russia.