Word: sabatini
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...Colin F. Boyle '90 Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Rebecca L. Walkowitz '92 Robert J. Weiner '92 Editorial Editor: John L. Larew '91 Feature Editors: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Susan B. Glasser '90 Sports Editor: Julio R. Varela '90 Photo Editor Bernardo Sabatini '91 Business Editor: Michael S. Harwayne '91 Copy Editor: Mark J. Sneider...
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...
...soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte of the U.S. to win the men's singles. Agreed the women's gold medalist Steffi Graf: "I think every athlete cares much more about winning it than about the money." The West German grand slam winner downed Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina in straight sets. Some pros got a kick out of the amateurism. Laughed American Pam Shriver, who with Zina Garrison grabbed the gold in women's doubles: "I'm staying in my first coed dorm. You don't get that kind of luxury on the women's tennis tour...
...belong in this most exclusive of tennis clubs: Don Budge (1938), Maureen Connolly (1953), Rod Laver (1962 and 1969) and Margaret Court (1970). On Saturday Steffi Graf of West Germany joined that short list, after momentary jitters, with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Argentine Gabriela Sabatini in the U.S. Open final...
Unconcerned by such questions, Graf blew through the tournament. The always formidable challenge of a semi-final appointment with Evert evaporated when the American caught a stomach flu and had to default. Then came the meeting with Sabatini, who had beaten Graf twice so far this year -- the only person to do so. But not this time. Graf was uneven -- "In the second set, I was not so tough" -- but finished overwhelmingly. When the Open was finally closed, Graf had lost just 23 games in six matches. That was all the more restful for Graf, who is off to Seoul...