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...during all the weeks of feverish preparation, to have been virtually swept off the stage. Charles still pressed on with his ceremonial schedule, even taking a side trip to Dartmoor Prison, whose inmates presented him with a ball-and-chain paperweight. Lady Diana showed up in the stands at Wimbledon, looking fetching and diverting spectator attention from the antics of John McEnroe on Centre Court. The two also appeared together in public-at a wedding and a film premiere-and managed to seem at ease, both with themselves and their adoring subjects. Lady Diana's youthful radiance stole...
...Wimbledon officials were miffed by such ungentlemanly delving into their financial arrangements, they were outraged by the even more ungentlemanly conduct of McEnroe. The volatile lefthander from Douglaston, N.Y., brought down the wrath of fans and officialdom almost as soon as he stepped on court for his opening day match. A few unconsidered (and unprintable) words later, McEnroe was penalized two points and $1,500 for berating the umpire and breaking his racquet. The early rounds produced a stunning series of upsets-seven seeded stars fell in the first round alone-and also brought the sad spectacle of McEnroe disputing...
Though McEnroe's behavior was indefensible, his complaint was not. Tennis officiating is a fine art, requiring split-second judgments on tennis balls traveling 150 m.p.h., but at Wimbledon it is done by amateurs who only last year were required to have their eyesight checked. Players whose paychecks ride on such hairbreadth decisions find it difficult to maintain a stiff upper lip when bad calls rob them of crucial points. Tim Mayotte, 20, a surprise quarter-finalist, explains, "Yes, McEnroe is ridiculous. But umpires are making mistakes too. Ask a question, and the umpire will just turn away...
Evert Lloyd, meanwhile, sailed serene, never losing a set. She first came to Wimbledon ten years ago, and in that long span she has never failed to reach the semifinals. Even more remarkable, she has played in the finals seven times. It is a measure of her pre-eminence that she considered a mere two Wimbledon titles a blot on her career, and she was determined to win her third. "I have been thinking about Wimbledon all year," she said. "Every match I played, every time I practiced, I said to myself, 'This is what I'm going...
Since bursting on the scene at 16, Evert Lloyd, now 26, has won five U.S. Open championships, three Wimbledons and, by any measure, dominated the sport. On clay, her preferred surface, she has had winning streaks of 125 and 64 matches. At various times in her career, she has been adored as a teen-age wonder, reviled as an unbeatable superstar and written off as a burnt-out case. Through it all, she has borne herself with grace and played impeccably. For the few moments that she stood on Centre Court, the championship salver held high overhead, Wimbledon was able...