Chang Has an Idea Where He Fits in Placentia’s Pool of Teen Talent
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FT. MYERS, Fla. — All right Michael Chang, youngest U.S. Davis Cup player of the modern era, how do you feel about good old Placentia, Calif., your hometown, the city that has given the sports world Olympic swimmer Janet Evans from El Dorado High School and you, now the world’s 30th-ranked tennis player at age 16, from Valencia High?
Chang, after his Davis Cup match, said Sunday: “Well, it’s kind of like, in Placentia, they’ve got this big sign when you drive into town and it says: ‘PLACENTIA, HOME OF JANET EVANS.’ Then, down here, there’s this sign that says: ‘Also Home of Michael Chang.’ ”
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