Word: navratilova
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stadium as steamy as a Turkish bath, Navratilova parried top-spin forehands with crisp volleys. Martinez responded by hitting passing shots with precision; they found the lines unerringly. Martinez won the first set 6-4. Navratilova was leading 3-0 in the second set when Martinez called a time-out for a muscle injury. The delay seemed to break Navratilova's concentration, but she held on to win the set, 6-3. In the decisive third set, however, younger legs prevailed 6-3. But the warmest cheers after the match belonged to the runner-up, who magnanimously allowed Martinez...
...that losing in her final Wimbledon appearance diminishes her achievement. Navratilova's record there stands as much as a testament to durability as well as talent. The once chubby player from Prague first showed up at Wimbledon as a junior in 1973. Over these 22 years she has played in 12 finals, losing only to Graf twice and now to Martinez. She has teamed up with various partners to win the women's doubles seven times. She fooled around in the mixed doubles too, winning that title twice. Navratilova seems to have been a fixture at Wimbledon almost as long...
...Navratilova's contribution to the women's game goes beyond the nearly 170 singles titles and $20 million in prize money she has won in her career. She has left her mark as indelibly as Billie Jean King, who introduced emotion and brio to the game, and Chris Evert, whose legacy includes killer concentration and the two-fisted backhand. Navratilova's gifts may be even more significant. She elevated serve and volley tactics to a higher level on the women's tour and made it fashionable for women to display muscle tone. Even traditionalist Evert began to pump iron after...
Along the way Navratilova revealed she was gay, became embroiled in spectacularly difficult relationships and displayed a knack for looking a bit foolish. Her affair with Judy Nelson came to an embarrassing end when Nelson sued her for palimony and the public was treated to their videotaped agreement. At another point she told her biographer that she wanted to have a child with hockey player Wayne Gretzky because the gene combination would produce a great athlete...
What makes Navratilova so refreshingly different from other athletes is that she says what she thinks. Ask a question. Martina answers. No punches pulled. About her sexuality, she has said, "I've shown a few homophobes that their prejudices were not well founded . . . I don't have horns on my head. I don't have a tail...