Possible Reasons for the Overwhelming Success of Eastern European Tennis Players

Reason # 1: The hardships and limited resources in their home countries motivates them to do well | Read more

Reason #2: The nature of the pool of genes in that part of the world—inclined to excelling in the tennis game (just like African-Americans excel in basketball and Kenyans are the best runners in the world) | my own theory

Reason #3: Radiation Specifically, the NATO bombings “helped” the Serbs and the Chernobyl explosion determined Maria Sharapova’s success. | This is a philosophy that Janko Tipsarevic jokingly started when asked to speculate on the reasons for the recent success of the Serbian tennis players.

Reason # 4: Pure coincidence? There is always a possibility…

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