Word: lindner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Everybody was really shocked when I won," Lindner said yesterday. "Ashe told me at the end of the match that I played pretty good and he said he hoped that we could get together again for a few matches later on in the year...
...match began as expected with Ashe breaking Lindner's serve for a 1-0 lead. But with a slow clay court to help him, Lindner managed to tame Ashe's serve and brought the match back...
...Harvard senior then began to use a combination of high spinning shots, to go ahead, 5-3. After a couple of long rallies, Ashe managed to bring the score up to 5-4. Lindner succeeded in breaking Ashe's serve and won the set on an Ashe double fault...
Ashe took two quick games with the help of a series of red-hot serves. But Lindner, behind 3-1, came through with a big win on his serve and then broke Ashe's service to tie the match up at three...
...Lindner had known about the match a week in advance, and did some preparing for his bout. "I talked to Gardner Malloy, a tennis champion from some years back, and I watched Ashe when he was on television last week in Philadelphia," Lindner said...