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Chang, who upset second-ranked Al Parker of Georgia last year, is coming off an outstanding summer. He defeated Mike Bauer, a top-100 player in the world who once eliminated Boris Becker at Wimbledon. Chang amassed 18 points on the Canadian satellite pro circuit and nearly earned a chance to play in a U.S. Open qualifying round...
Chang, who upset second-ranked Al Parker of Georgia last year, is coming off an outstanding summer. He defeated Mike Bauer, a top-100 player in the world who once eliminated Boris Becker at Wimbledon. Chang amassed 18 points on the Canadian satellite pro circuit and nearly earned a chance to play in a U.S. Open qualifying round...
Baseball isn't really for strong, quick fellows who can bat .296; it is for skinny nonathletes who can memorize earned-run averages. Football is for Republicans. But what character flaw is fed by watching tennis six hours a day for two weeks when the French Open, Wimbledon or the U.S. Open is on the tube...
...motivated by money: image- sensitive corporations and TV networks provide most of pro golf's cash prizes, and the controversy prompted sponsors like IBM to yank $2 million in advertising from ABC's P.G.A. championship telecast. Whatever the impetus, the response prompted such seasoned observers as Arthur Ashe, the Wimbledon tennis champion and historian of black athletics, to predict sweeping change at exclusive clubs. Said Ashe: "In two or three years it is going to be completely different...
...other tastes are somewhat eclectic, although no less cultivated. He likes ballet and modern dance, especially Trisha Braun and Merce Cunningham. He rarely watches TV--except when Wimbledon and the other big tennis matches are on. He's partial to omelettes at dinner and cold cereal for breakfast. He occasionally eats chocolate-chip cookies...