Word: wimbledon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Regret. Last week, as Laver sought to defend his No. 1 seeding in the Wimbledon championships, his chronicle served as a fitting reminder of how far and how fast the pro game has progressed. It was just three seasons ago that the overseers of Wimbledon revitalized tennis by opening their tournament for the first time to pros as well as amateurs. Several other major tournaments have since followed suit, and the added competition has increased both fan interest and purses. Going into Wimbledon last week, Rod the Rocket had already won a record $195,135 for the year. With half...
Though recognized as the most accomplished player in the game today, the bandylegged little redhead with the maddening, wristy spinshots is by no means a shoo-in at Wimbledon. Laver not only faces the usual stern competition from fellow Aussies Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe, but he must also contend with such fast-rising young stars as rangy Stan Smith of the U.S. Now 32, the Rocket has only one regret about the increasing number of young players who are able to make a career out of tennis. Recalling how he felt in 1968 when he was allowed to return...
...Wimbledon. It seems as if nearly every Australian child grows up brandishing a tennis racket, but it is not an easy sport for an aborigine to crack. Aborigines are Australia's forgotten people, living mainly in shanty settlements at the edge of inland and outback towns. Still, there was no denying Evonne. She began training with the Barellan tennis club when she was six. Four years later the club president, a retired local farmer named Bill Kurtzmann, entered her in a tournament in nearby Naranndera. It turned out that there was no youth division, so the ten-year...
Edwards and Evonne already have their sights on Wimbledon for 1974. There is no question as to her ability or temperament. She is uncowed by such formidable presences as Mrs. Court; in her recent victory, Evonne attacked furiously on point after point. In her own reserved way, Evonne has plenty of steel. She recently accepted an invitation to play in the South African Open, though several aborigine pressure groups urged her to decline. "I feel more mature about these things now," she says. "As long as I am treated like any tennis player in any part of the world, then...
...players simply alternated the serve, and the first to win a predetermined number of points by a margin of two, won the set. Under the old system, the competitors struggled on and on until one of them won by two games. Thus it took 5 hrs. 20 min. at Wimbledon last year for Pancho Gonzalez to defeat Chuck Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9-a situation that proved exhausting for players and spectators alike, and utterly impossible for network TV coverage...