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...giant," Becker says, and whether he is being serious is unclear. As a player, he assumed regal prerogatives, took massages during bathroom breaks, set up to receive serve only when he was good and ready. Of Wimbledon, he'd say, "This is where I live." Before each match that's how he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boris Becker: Broken Promise | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

JENNIFER CAPRIATI Gritty Floridian's French Open win on clay caps comeback. Next: Kick grass at Wimbledon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 18, 2001 | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

AILING. CORINA MORARIU, 23, former No. 1 ranked women's doubles player and 1999 Wimbledon women's doubles champion with Lindsay Davenport; with a rare form of leukemia; in Florida. Doctors estimated that Morariu had been sick for months, even while playing the grueling WTA tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 4, 2001 | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...Percentage increase in prize money for women's singles at this year's Wimbledon tennis championships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: May 7, 2001 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...tennis Pete Sampras set a new record for most majors--13--when he won again at Wimbledon. But for all his heroics Pete could not seize the spotlight from the dynamic, effervescent Venus Williams of Compton, Calif., who became the first black player to win the All England title since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975. She then added the U.S. Open crown and a couple of Olympic gold medals to complete a career year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in Sport | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

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