CHARLOTTE -- Some websites rank Thai Kwiatkowski as the best junior tennis player in the state of North Carolina at 15 years of age.

Players like Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal have ruled men’s tennis in recent years and it has the United States looking for their next great player. Kwiatkowski, the kid with a booming forehand, has been on the USTA's radar for a while and now prepares for the next step.

“He does have ambition to play at the pro level,” said Bill Belse...


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