My friend Roger Martin (No. 3 on Thinkers50 ranking in 2013) penned a terrific article in The European Business Review on how Tennis Canada, the national governing body for the sport within that country, rose from recent oblivion to now boasting two young players ranked well inside the top 10 on the professional tennis circuit—in less than ten years. As of this writing, among men, Milos Raonic is ranked as the No. 6 player in the world, and Eugenie Bouchard is ranked No. 7 on the women’s side.

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