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...both with first-round byes, will square-off in the second round. Jennifer Santrock, the nation's ninth-ranked singles player, and Jean Marie Sterling will lead the way for the Mustangs. SMU is also the owner of the nation's number-one ranked doubles team of Clare Evert and Tammy Christensen...
...Chris Evert, Joe Namath and Joan Benoit...
...Czech Ivan Lendl defeated the Swede Mats Wilander last week in the U.S. Open, the grand-slam tennis season closed without an American-born champion of any gender for the first time in 18 years. Excluding the aging Chris Evert, 32, no American-born woman active today has ever won Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open or the Australian Open. In terms of the Davis Cup, the U.S. (a recent loser to Paraguay) has been reclassified a minor- league country, a zonal qualifier...
Last year a viral infection stayed Steffi from Wimbledon, and while nobody concedes her a pre-eminent place yet on grass (she's seeded second), everyone seems sure the true heir to Evert-Navratilova has been found. And glamorous Argentine Gabriela Sabatini, 17, may be her baseliner-in-waiting. They are doubles partners and friends but could start a Centre Court rivalry 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...
...championship torches are passing to Teenagers Boris Becker, 19, and Steffi Graf, 18, old practice partners from neighboring towns near Heidelberg. He is the two- time Wimbledon champion going for three in a row. She is the coming heir to Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, lately vincible at 30 but still unbeaten in five straight Wimbledons...