Word: roundness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rafter, who had to rally from a two-set deficit in the first round but never was threatened again in the tournament, won $700,000 and moved up to No. 2 in the world rankings--just behind Pete Sampras, whom he defeated Saturday in the semifinals...
During changeovers, Rafter thought back to his five-set victory over Hicham Arazi in the first round...
...weekend mornings or do not permit single women to be club members. Tracy Friedman, 49, a television writer from North Hollywood, Calif., was taking Saturday lessons two years ago at Lakeside Golf Club in Burbank when a member invited her to join him for a round. The club pro vetoed the idea. "There was no one on the course, but they wouldn't let women play on Saturdays," Friedman says. Eventually she decided to take lessons elsewhere...
...rules about women, and she plays regularly with clients and colleagues. "I haven't closed any deals on the course," she allows, "but it's a very good opportunity to have someone's undivided attention." That is certainly what appeals to Donna Shalala when she gets in a round with her boss...
There is luck and there is fate. Marc Rosset of Switzerland was eliminated from the U.S. Open tennis tournament in the first round. Ranked 47th in the world, Rosset, 27, decided to stay on in New York for practice with the best players in the world. He and his coach canceled their plan to fly to Geneva--on Swissair 111. That was luck...