Word: goolagongs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Take two players with diametrically-opposed styles, add a liberal dose of related circumstances that enhance the quality of unpredictability, sprinkle lightly with the tradition of a unique and perplexing rivalry, and you have the recipe for yesterday's Virginia Slims final between Chris Evert and Evonne Goolagong...
...third-seeded Goolagong, displaying a complete assortment of her erratic but effective weapons, mixed those ingredients expertly yesterday afternoon, upending number-two seed, Evert, in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 thriller at B.U.'s Walter Brown Arena...
...Goolagong started strong in the second set, gliding from side to side to return almost all of Kruger's shots, and breaking her opponent's service to open up a -1 lead...
Kruger and Goolagong played the baselines, with long, smooth strokes and prolonged rallies. Goolagong sported an excellent net game in the first set, catching the 19-year-old Kruger off-balance with her quick backhands...
Kruger seemed to take backhand lessons from Goolagong, as she battled back from the deficit, and the match went to a nine-point tiebreaker at 6-6. With the tiebreaker even at four-all, Goolagong reached back and rifled one of her finest serves to the corner that Kruger couldn't touch...