Word: racquetment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Around Miami, at least 4,000 luxury units are under construction; most are sold out. One of the most lavish habitats, Grove Isle at Coconut Grove, Fla., has a garden graced with sculpture by Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson. Condo owners at the Turnberry Isle Yacht and Racquet Club in North Miami Beach have access to two Robert Trent Jones golf courses, 24 tennis courts, a marina, health spa and disco...
...volatile lefthander from Douglaston, N.Y., brought down the wrath of fans and officialdom almost as soon as he stepped on court for his opening day match. A few unconsidered (and unprintable) words later, McEnroe was penalized two points and $1,500 for berating the umpire and breaking his racquet. The early rounds produced a stunning series of upsets-seven seeded stars fell in the first round alone-and also brought the sad spectacle of McEnroe disputing calls (and piling up more fines) in matches he had no chance of losing. In his semifinal match against Australia's Rod Frawley...
John McEnroe knew he couldn't afford to waste energy on whining and racquet throwing. He said so himself after he had beaten Bjorn Borg and carried off the Wimbledon crowns "I know I need every ounce of me to beat him," So he spared himself and the millions watching him any tantrums and played tennis as well as it can be played on a grass court. He defeated the man who had won 41 straight matches before English royalty and who just missed his sixth consecutive Wimbledon championship...
...make matters worse, the chunky kid on the next court was swearing at the top of his lungs and stopping after every few points to crack his racquet against the hard artificial surface. "Goddammitfuckit...crack!" From what I could gather--and I obviously should have been paying more attention to my own match and less to the one next door--the chunky kid was killing his opponent. But he kept on screaming. Maybe his dad was watching...
...belief in Fish's ability to take a player and, through racquet work, allow him to excel further than would be possible elsewhere is also echoed down the line of both squads...