Erika Sandor-Zur took one hit of crack at age 17, and went from the top-ranked girls tennis player in northeastern Ohio to 20 years of sheer, unadulterated hell. She was raped. She stole cars. She was arrested several times in multiple states. She lost custody of her kids. She ended up homeless, helpless and all but dead. On July 11, 2017, she got clean, and now her goal is to become the first 42-year-old woman in recovery to play in a Grand Slam.

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