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DIED. Simone Mathieu, 71, French tennis star and Resistance heroine; after a long illness; in Paris. In the 1930s, Mathieu won three women's doubles titles at Wimbledon. Sentenced to death by the Vichy government for helping to organize the Free French movement in London, she led Charles de Gaulle's Compagnie de Voluntaries Françaises, known as the "French WACs...
...thunder overhead, a loudspeaker bellowed incessantly ("The front exit is the ohnly exit available: please leave immediately"), and now they had run out of tennis balls. It was the end of a long day at U.S. Open. How dare they run out of balls on the two-time defending Wimbledon champion...
McEnroe, a native of Queens, exploded onto the scene by making it to the semis at Wimbledon two years ago. At 20, he has not bothered to assume the icy demeanor of a Borg of the gentlemanly habits of Smith or Ashe. He plays like he's still on the junior circuit, where there are usually no linesmen to handle disputes, no crowd to jump on his every comment, no reporters to write columns like this...
Borg, 23, the icily self-composed Swede, was aiming to become the first man in modern Wimbledon history to win four consecutive singles titles.* He made it into the finals with an amazingly easy win over Jimmy Connors, 26, the temperamental American who won the title in 1974. Their eagerly awaited match turned out to be a reprise of last year's championship rout. Once again, Borg triumphed in straight sets with the loss of only seven games, and once again he needed a short time to do it-106 min., three less than last year...
Connors left Wimbledon moments later, without showering, changing or talking to reporters. At the airport, he took a verbal swipe at newsmen-"You guys have all the answers"-while a male companion turned to photographers and offered to "bust your heads in." A London paper called Connors' getaway "an ungracious farewell," but Borg was more sympathetic: "I know how badly he wanted to win the tournament...