Word: goolagongs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tennis togs; new women's No. 1 Martina Navratilova with a fortune in gold jewelry to adorn her now-winning form; Chris Evert with a list of crack hairdressers for prematch sprucing up; Vitas Gerulaitis with a list of ear-splitting discos for post-match winding down; Evonne Goolagong stayed home with her baby; Jimmy Connors brought his mother along. Only the place was unusual: the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, better known to generations of players and fans as Forest Hills, was under way at a new site in Flushing Meadow, Queens, N.Y. After more than half a century...
Following the singles, in the final of the Bridgestone doubles, top-seeded Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova made short work of Goolagong and Betty Stove, the second seeds, taking a 6-3, 6-2 victory...
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...