Word: fillol
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Would history continue to repeat itself? Argentine Goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol unwittingly decided the matter: he charged at the Belgian. Vanderbergh reflexively laced a shot through Fillol's fingers. Final score: 1-0. Modest Belgium-a 28-to-l long shot-had humiliated one of the game's most revered powers. Adios tradition...
...Arias again last week, losing to Jaime Fillol in the first round of the Washington Star International Championship in Washington D.C. The 15-year-old is a lot taller now, but his arms are still thin, his torso unmuscled. Arias lost the tight three-setter to the crafty Chilean because he was unable to maintain the brilliant level of play that repeatedly brought the crowd to its feet and a puzzled frown to Fillol's face...
...years old, is president of the ATP and has faced the game's most fearsome giants. He didn't just praise Arias's grace or poise in a post-match interview. Fillo said flat out, "I think Jimmy already is playing better than Connors at that age." Jaime Fillol knows he could very easily have lost that match...