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...Fort Lauderdale, Fla., held its commencement exercises three months ago, the girl voted most popular by her fellow students was noticeably absent. She was off on a European tour trying to live up to another title bestowed by her schoolmates: most likely to succeed. As it happened, Christine Marie Evert, 18, class of '73, honor student and yearbook sports editor, was destined for some graduate work in the School of Hard Knocks, Big-Time Tennis Department...
...first season as a tennis professional, Evert started out with everything going for her-perhaps too much...
...Despite the fact that the world's finest male tennis players are embroiled in a labor dispute, Wimbledon tennis should bear watching, as the likes of Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, and Chrissie Evert battle it out. Take that, Bobby Riggs. Channel...
...equal pay, the women will receive a bonus of attention. The men's competition may be crippled, but for the first time this year, the Big Four of women's tennis-Australia's Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong and the U.S.'s King and Chris Evert will be making a joint appearance. They could not have timed the reunion better to further boost women's tennis...
...girls fight it out." Riggs has turned down matches with both Billie Jean King and Chris Evert-with purses of $10,000 and $50,000. "There won't be any match until the price is right and that means $100,000 plus." Meanwhile, Riggs applied to play in a women's tournament in Newport, R.I., this summer. He said he would claim discrimination "if they do not accept...