Word: linesmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rematch of last year's number four singles final. Abbie Meiselman avenged her earlier loss, defeating Tuft's Wendy Shahon, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, in a controversial match which saw linesmen summoned after several questionable calls occured in the second...
...scene by making it to the semis at Wimbledon two years ago. At 20, he has not bothered to assume the icy demeanor of a Borg of the gentlemanly habits of Smith or Ashe. He plays like he's still on the junior circuit, where there are usually no linesmen to handle disputes, no crowd to jump on his every comment, no reporters to write columns like this...
...there remains that worry about the rookie's uncertain temper. "He needs to learn some humor," advises Nastase. McEnroe, who has been told to straighten up by his father, realizes his shortcomings. "I'm still in the process of learning, of trying to forget about the spectators and the linesmen," he says. "I do want to change...
...scourge of the 70s group, Buddy Goeltz, 71, wears a hearing aid. It faltered during the finals of the U.S. Clay Court Championships last fall, preventing him from hearing any of the linesmen's calls. He still won, 6-0, 6-0, beating Sam Shore, 71. Bitsy Grant, 66, a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in the mid-1930s, has had cataract operations on both eyes, and wears sunglasses and a sun visor on the court. But none of the ailments of the Super-Seniors is as celebrated as that of L. Roe Campbell, 77, secretary-treasurer...
When he is not throwing temper tantrums, Ilie Nastase can play a mean game of tennis. Last week the rowdy Rumanian stopped complaining about linesmen long enough to trounce Ken Rosewall 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 at the Avis Challenge Cup competition in Hawaii-a $10,000 victory that made him the fourth professional to win more than $1 million on the tennis tour (the others: Arthur Ashe, Rod Lover and Rose-wall). "I never count how much I make, only how much I spend," commented Nastase, who keeps a fancy flat and a Lancia and a Bentley...