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...least to the perceptions of tennis followers. Because she long ago admitted her bisexuality, and because she is not, in Billie Jean King's phrase, "a cutie pie," Navratilova, even without controversy breaking around her, sometimes appears to be playing in a segregated tournament all her own. Wimbledon seems to give her less Centre Court time than a player of her stature deserves. And U.S. television did not cover one of her matches complete until there were virtually no other women's matches it could show. As a result, many people are unaware of the good humor with...
Around the lawns and locker rooms of Wimbledon last week connoisseurs were comparing her to the all-timers - Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills Moody, Mo Connolly, King - and speculating, as tennis people do, about how she would fare in dream matches against them. It is part of the respect anyone on the verge of winning this tournament five times gets. But even those who appreciate her no-weakness game tend to overlook the fact that she has come further emotionally than anyone else who has ever played this game...
...still have a few years left for that." Reminded that last year at Wimbledon she was saying such a dominance was impossible, what with all the good young players coming up, Martina gave a 300-watt grin and admitted, "I lied." Last week, with her mid-size Yonex racquet doing the talking, she told some tennis truths that no one now playing can possibly deny. And perhaps set a standard of all-around play that will endure for the rest of this century...
...Open Sunday, and when the heat was off in their 18-hole playoff the following day, Norman waved back. Golf may be "a rude game," as Zoeller says, but golfers almost unfailingly display a grace under pressure that used to be the definition of heroism. From Yankee Stadium to Wimbledon, the phrase has pretty much abandoned sport...
...competition goes, "the top collegiate level is just as good as any international junior competition," added Stanley, whose credits include winning Brazil's Banana Bowl last year and placing high in both the Junior Wimbledon and the Junior U.S. Open tournaments...