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16 -- Number of different tennis players who have made the women's singles semifinals in the last four Grand Slams. ESPN’s Chris Evert said of the recent parity: “We have to appreciate Serena Williams when she dominated women’s tennis. It really shows how much better she was than the other players. I think tennis is more global now. You see young girls wanting to play from every corner of the world” ( “Breakfast at Wimbledon,” ESPN, 7/8).