Word: goolagongs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took a commanding 5-3 lead in the second-and then fell apart. Suffering from a bad case of overconfidence, she blew the second set 7-6 and lost the third 6-4. Then in quick and dispiriting succession, she lost to Australia's Evonne Goolagong in the finals of the Italian Open, to Britain's Virginia Wade in the semifinals at Nottingham and to the U.S.'s Julie Heldman in the quarter-finals of the London Grass Court Championships...
...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...
...women). That idea fizzled, however. Rather than 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...
Billie Jean King of Long Beach, Calif., won the women's singles title yesterday at the French Open Tennis Championships--the only major crown that had escaped her--by defeating Yvonne Goolagong of Australia...
King avenged her straight sets' loss to Goolagong in the final at Wimbledon last year...