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Carrie Soto is Back BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID

Six years after she retired from tennis, Carrie Soto is sitting in the stands at the 1994 US Open, watching her world record being demolished. The moment Nicki Chan takes the win, her mind is made up: she plans to come out of retirement and reclaim her place in history.

Carrie is a great tennis player. The best. But she’s 37 now. She hasn’t played professionally in years and she doesn’t have the speed and stamina she had at her peak. This comeback could fail miserably – she could tarnish her legacy. The media are already saying she can’t hack it. But that’s

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