Rebecca Link figured her week in the Nick Bolletieri Academy would be hard. Even though she was braced for the intensity, the 12-year-old Ponus Ridge seventh-grader and Slammer Tennis World student was surprised by the physical demands.
"I was so sore after the first day,'' Rebecca said. "They told me by Thursday I'd be feeling better, and they were right. I was so happy."
Marvin Tyler, Link's coach at Slammer Tennis World, surprised Rebecca with a visit early in the camp. "My player's sitting there with two ice packs on her knees,'' Marvin said. "I told her, 'This is ...