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WERTHEIM: Halep elevating her game at Grand Slams • Here's a storyline to follow: Garbine Muguruza -- a future star whose win over Williams seemed less of

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WERTHEIM: Halep elevating her game at Grand Slams

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• Here's a storyline to follow: Garbine Muguruza -- a future star whose win over Williams seemed less of a shocker with each round. She plays for Spain, but was born in Caracas. The Venezuelan Federation would like to enter the bidding for her services, and the price sure went up after this event.

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Published Jun 8, 2014 | Modified Jun 8, 2014

JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor’s in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City and Paris with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.

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