Word: martina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lendl's victory combined with Hana Mandlikova's upset of Martina Navratilova on Saturday produced a Czechoslovakian sweep of the two top events. In addition Czech Helena Sukova teamed up with West Germany's Claudia Kohde-Kilsch yesterday to dethrone Navratilova and Pam Shriver as the womens' doubles champs...
...great surprise that in 1975 Czechoslovakia's Martina Navratilova jumped the fence to begin her independent quest for U.S. citizenship and a ranking as the world's No. 1 woman tennis player. As shaped by New York Times Sports Columnist George Vecsey, this appealing Reds-to-riches story is as impatiently direct as Navratilova's game. Points are made quickly, aggressively and with authority. "You need a tank to beat me," she tells a haughty Soviet opponent after the U.S.S.R. had invaded Czechoslovakia. The Americanization of Martina begins with a move to Beverly Hills and the purchase of a silver...
Wimbledon's determination not to assign a top women's seed before the world's toniest tennis tournament represented an equal kindness to Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd. That meant, for nearly a fortnight, neither was No. 2, and the peace was wonderful. "Once you've been No. 1," as Evert Lloyd says with a cool stare (she could stare for a living), "you can never be satisfied with less...
While Navratilova was losing 20 of their first 24 matches, she was learning psychological lessons from Evert, who ultimately would have to take physiological ones from her. Noticing that Chris had a support system of family and friends, Martina determined to gather a similar stronghold of allies, though hers tended to be unusual: lesbian novelists and transsexual ophthalmologists. Far beyond a serve and volley, Navratilova and Evert had contrasting styles...
...Martina Navratilova, 28: "The average guy has a pathetic body, and when they see me they feel very threatened. Here's a woman who looks ten times better than they...