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...usual, expected, masculine, chauvinistic, German amount of embarrassment, except for one thing. "She could hit it," he whistles. "I was not as good as the good boys, and so I had to practice with the best girls. She was the best girl." Smiles come easily to Boris Becker, especially when the discussion includes Wimbledon. But he glows like a pumpkin at the recollection of those early rallies with Steffi Graf. Now they are both on the last ledge before the peak. "Two kids," he says, "from the same area, who practiced together at twelve . . . ten . . . eight...
Wimbledon rolls around again this week at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, where Becker will try to become the third-youngest singles champion of the century. Already the first and second youngest ever to do it, he points out, "I was born there, you know." Two summers ago, unseeded and 17, not to mention "very slow and fat," Becker dispatched one eminent adult after another with a crashing service and a somersaulting exuberance. They all left the grounds, Henri Leconte after Tim Mayotte, predicting two things: that Becker would be a fine player one day and that he would...
When he won the first time, Becker was a playful puppy with huge paws. Since then he has grown 2 in. in height, to 6 ft. 3 in., and a regimen of running has slimmed his legs and streamlined his carriage. "I have become an athlete," he says, resembling a basketball guard. "I'm not Dr. J, but I can dunk a basketball, just barely dunk it. Picking up a ball, any kind of ball, I always had a feeling for it. I knew how to handle it. I liked it." As Becker has grown physically, a part...
...next week in the quarterfinals. Evert says, "I can't believe how hard Steffi hits the ball." Her forehand especially. "She's wonderful," says Billie Jean King, who spotted Graf early. "Steffi always had better footwork than the other kids, more discipline, and she quite frankly liked the pressure. Becker is another one. They love pressure -- they thrive...
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