Where do they all come from?

There is a song by the Beatles called “All the Lonely People.”  And in that song is a line that says, “All the lonely people, where do they all come from.”  Switch out ‘lonely people’ for ‘tennis players’ and ask that question again.

Where do all those professional players come from?  Where did Roger Federer come from (and all of the rest of the top-ranked players in the world)?

They didn’t come out from underneath a rock, that’s for sure! I was just reading a story about the Notre Dame men’s tennis team posting a 26-14 singles record at the Tom Fallon Invitational. Irish junior Brett Helgeson was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and has a fall singles record of 8-0.

Sure, he’s a collegiate player.  But great players come from somewhere, don’t they?