Word: novotna
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...York, the past two weeks, displaying an amazing variety of shots, a real flair for the gamble, an occasional peevishness and a smile as winning as her cross-court forehand. The fact that she is 15 is both sublime and ridiculous. Her surprise victim in the quarterfinals, Jana Novotna, remarked, "She has a very light game." Pressed to elaborate, Novotna said, "You saw it. Light. Effortless...
...flight school. He resumed his career in April 1995 and now has a chance to add a second gold medal. "My whole comeback year, prelims have been killing me every single time," Lenzi said, "but the final are great." In other events Monday, sixth-seed Jana Novotna bumped top-seeded Monica Seles from the Olympic tennis tournament, rallying from a 5-3 third-set deficit to win 7-5, 3-6, 8-6. "She played better than I did at crunch time," Seles said. The other U.S. women won, which means a semifinal showdown Wednesday between Mary Joe Fernandez...
...Tennis Without Really Trying. Until the match with Graf, she never lost a set, as her two-handed backhands and forehands kept the other women cornered. The only time she did not look particularly sharp was in the first set of her quarterfinal match with talented Czech Jana Novotna, but Seles erased two set points with a laser return of service and a dazzling forehand volley. "Well, I was just so mad at myself," she said of the first shot, "I just, wow, hit it." Reminded of the second shot, she said, "Very nice. Very good point. That one also...
...Novotna theorized, somewhat sourly, that the reason Seles has been able to come back so quickly is because she has a predominantly baseline game. "If she had an all-around game like Steffi's or mine, it would take her longer," said Novotna. Some observers feel Seles' instant success is an indictment of the quality of play on the women's tour. But Seles is only picking up where she left off. At 19, she had already won eight Grand Slam tournaments, and of the 10 she missed, Graf won six. During her sabbatical, Seles would watch highlights...