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...being back in church, and many said so unabashedly. Centre Court is not much to look at, sort of a minor-league Fenway Park, dark green and full of splinters, but some people imagine stained-glass windows. "I enjoyed even losing," said Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who "happened to win Wimbledon in 1971" at the age of 19 and "thought nothing of it." But she was blessed to repeat two years ago. "I could appreciate it then, actually enjoy it," she said. "During my pregnancies, I did all the things I'd missed out on. Now I treasure playing tennis...
...Forgoing Wimbledon for a small island in the Pacific, Argentine Tennis Ace Guillermo Vilas, 29, has chosen a new partner: Princess Caroline, 25, daughter of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco. The doubles team started playing, according to Paris-Match, after a tennis tournament in Reno, and were spotted on a flight together from Los Angeles. Since her divorce from Philippe Junot, 42, in 1980, Caroline has reportedly dallied with Robertino Rossellini, son of Ingrid Bergman and the late Italian film maker Roberto Rossellini, and Robert Shriver III, offspring of Sargent and Eunice...
WIMBLLDON, England-Defending champions Chris Evert Lloyd and John McEnroe both scored comfortable victories yesterday to advance into the fourth rounds of their respective brackets at Wimbledon...
Reagan's glen plaid has good lineage. The fabric was manufactured by the British firm of Illingworth, Morris & Co. Ltd., which also furnishes the interiors of Rolls-Royce autos, the Pope's vestments and the covers for the tennis balls used at Wimbledon. White House Aide Morgan Mason (son of Actor James Mason) used to be executive director of Illingworth, Morris, and when Friend Nancy Reagan wanted some new suiting for her husband, Mason hustled over some swatches from which the glen plaid was chosen...
...verdict on the Borg case, then, can only be anticlimactic. Though a negative decision might taint the Borg legacy, his Wimbledon record and six French Open singles crowns assure him election into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Conceding to Borg's request would not jeopardize the legitimacy of the game--not from the perspective of his fellow competitors, or from that of the fans. In fact, Wimbledon should display flexibility and discretion by ruling in favor of Borg--if it has the courage or the conscience...