But the flame on that torch is now only flickering: Roddick is the only one of the new generation to have won a Grand Slam event, the U.S. Open in 2003.

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Instead of coffins, there are 1930s-vintage cardboard and wooden suitcases, each with a flame flickering in a red glass.

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