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...between these two heated rivals, That match, which the Crimson pulled out 5-4 in matches by virtue of a thrilling, come from behind 3-2 game victory by Ben-Shachar, went down in squash annals as one for the ages--comparable in racket history to the 1981 BorgMcEnroe Wimbledon Final...
DIED. FRED PERRY, 85, tennis ace and the last British men's singles champ at Wimbledon; in Melbourne, Australia. The son of a trade unionist, Perry was viewed as something of an upstart in the alitist tennis world before he collected three consecutive Wimbledon crowns (1934, '36) and three U.S. Open titles (1933, '34, '36). The first court star to win all four Grand Slam events (though never in one year), Perry retired in the late 1940s. He co-founded a profitable sportswear company that sold the kind of natty tennis garb he favored...
Sport: Navratilova makes her last Wimbledon a blast...
...During Wimbledon she reiterated her desire to have a child. Parenting duties might be shared with current companion Danda Jaroljmek. Or they might...
...that losing in her final Wimbledon appearance diminishes her achievement. Navratilova's record there stands as much as a testament to durability as well as talent. The once chubby player from Prague first showed up at Wimbledon as a junior in 1973. Over these 22 years she has played in 12 finals, losing only to Graf twice and now to Martinez. She has teamed up with various partners to win the women's doubles seven times. She fooled around in the mixed doubles too, winning that title twice. Navratilova seems to have been a fixture at Wimbledon almost as long...