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Injury luck aside, Bellis was certainly ready to turn pro—when you’re good enough to be ranked in the top 40 when you’re 18, you’re ready.

Assuming she gets healthy soon, I imagine she’ll prove to us all that she made the right choice by going pro. She’s got the kind of talent to make millions more than she already has, so even with this injured stretch, I wouldn’t say yet that she made the wrong decision by forgoing Stanford.

Seems like the extra physical stress of practicing and playing tennis full time at a pro level was what tipped her over into injury. No way to know, but a year at Stanford, with time off for playing in some pro tournaments, might have eased her into it better. In the end, it didn't hurt us that she didn't come.

Bellis attributed the start of her injuries to playing against a super hard hitter on tour, which makes me more skeptical of Carle's chances as a pro. She could not handle Lampl's groundstrokes, but she's going to face hitters as strong or stronger than Lampl almost every match. Maybe college life just wasn't that good for her. Good luck!

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Injury luck aside, Bellis was certainly ready to turn pro—when you’re good enough to be ranked in the top 40 when you’re 18, you’re ready.

Assuming she gets healthy soon, I imagine she’ll prove to us all that she made the right choice by going pro. She’s got the kind of talent to make millions more than she already has, so even with this injured stretch, I wouldn’t say yet that she made the wrong decision by forgoing Stanford.

Seems like the extra physical stress of practicing and playing tennis full time at a pro level was what tipped her over into injury. No way to know, but a year at Stanford, with time off for playing in some pro tournaments, might have eased her into it better. In the end, it didn't hurt us that she didn't come.

Bellis attributed the start of her injuries to playing against a super hard hitter on tour, which makes me more skeptical of Carle's chances as a pro. She could not handle Lampl's groundstrokes, but she's going to face hitters as strong or stronger than Lampl almost every match. Maybe college life just wasn't that good for her. Good luck!