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However, this was not to be the day that would yield a fine end to Everet's return to the circuit. Suffering from an increasingly poor first serve, which all but deserted her in the final set, and a continued inability to connect successfully from the forehand side, Evert's hopes dwindled...
...With Evert serving in the seventh game, following consecutive service breaks by both players, two Goolagong volleys that caught the baseline and an Evert error gave Goolagong a 40-0 advantage. Evert fought off two break points with a superb forehand drive and a service ace, but she netted a cross-court forehand on the next point, and Goolagong had the break she needed...
Finishing with a flourish, Goolagong worked the serve-volley strategy which she had abandoned through the middle of the match to perfection. Evert held off three match points, but with the tenth game knotted at deuce, she netted two consecutive backhands which shot the championship over to Goolagong...
Both players called it a very "strange and shaky match," and Evert said there were "far too many errors." Goolagong added, "I know Chris is not producing the best tennis she can, and I know I can do better...
...victory was the first time Goolagong has beaten Evert since the spring of 1976, when she downed Evert in a three-set final to take the Virginia Slims championship...