Word: martina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...between points. patrons are permitted to clap politely, and 15-year-old girls that aren't grunting and throwing tantrums and beating Martina Navatrilova on Court Nine are allowed to squeal "Yay, Andre!" Criticism is out of the question. Booing is blasphemous. Whistling is acceptable for protesting particularly egregious line calls, but only the players can yell and scream. And they do, in direct proportion to the amount of complaining they do about crowd noise...
...favorite victory came at age 15 over Margaret Smith Court, mere weeks after Court completed a sweep of the Grand Slams. But her finest moment was probably in the final of the 1986 French Open, when she fought back from a set down to defeat her most esteemed rival, Martina Navratilova, and win the title for a record seventh time. The competition with Navratilova spanned 16 years, 80 thrilling matches (Martina leads, 43-37) and countless tears and friendly embraces...
...Martina Navratilova will not play in the 1989 French Open. She offered no reason for her decision. Here's mine: Martina doesn't have the legs to stay with the younger players (read: Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini) anymore...
After a brilliant "Who are the People in Your Neigborhood?" skit with cameo appearances by Martina Navratilova, Barbara Walters and Ralph Nader, the show reached its finest moment--the "Ernie, Put Down the Duckie (If You Want to Play the Saxaphone)" song...
...anticlimactic," junior Martina Albright said. "There's no way after you skate the [Ivy] trophy around the ice that you can get up for a game...