Comeback Trail Brings Tennis Pro Stevenson to Dorchester

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Not only is [Alexandra Stevenson] not "that girl," she is also not playing in those events - at least, not right now. While much of the tennis world fixed its gaze on the Wimbledon finals last weekend, Stevenson was in Dorchester at Sportsmen's Tennis Club, playing in the Empire/United States Tennis Association (USTA) Women's $50K Pro Challenger tournament

"It's just life," Stevenson said. "It happened. I'm upset about it, but you can't hold a grudge against what happened to you."

Nor will ambition. Stevenson's drive goes beyond tennis. A recent graduate of the University of Colorado, where she took online courses to earn her degree in sociology, she is writing a blog for ESPN.com called "My Journey Back," and says she is working on a fictional book about a "20-something girl living life, trying to get through," which she says will be written by December. She also says she hopes to get into acting and would like to start her own clothing line.

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Comeback Trail Brings Tennis Pro Stevenson to Dorchester

Some may know Alexandra Stevenson as the daughter of basketball legend Julius Erving.

Others might remember the tennis player's run during the summer of 1999 as the 18-year-old wonder who made it through the Wimbledon women's draw all the way to th...

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