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1. Roger’s hypothetical faux-slam. Seriously people, he hasn’t won three in a row yet, but you’re already hyping him up for Australia and four in a row, which is being called the completion of a Grand Slam? Some nerve. Martina Navratilova completed the faux-slam but didn’t get credit for it… because it isn’t a grand […]
June 23, 2009
The best thing about the Tennis Channel is hearing Martina Navratilova’s understated but totally forthright commentary about the game. It’s a very British approach to tennis analysis, where things are stated matter-of-factly and no one rushes to fill the dead air with blather about personal lives and random facts. (A cardinal rule for witnesses is […]
July 6, 2008
Well well well. Sister Andrea Jaeger admitted to throwing the 1983 final against Martina Navratilova. I know what you’re thinking…1) “Sister” and 2) gambling? Answers: 1) Yes; 2) No – family fight. Former pro Andrea Jaeger retired after a brief and notable career. She was the youngest player to be seeded at Wimbledon at 15. […]
April 10, 2008
Apparently Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova visited with Oprah this week. Chris always did look good in red. These two are in their 50s? A good advertisement for the capacity of women’s athletics to keep the old body youthful. Fascinating, isn’t it, that two fierce rivals who played each other more than 150 times would […]
Passing Shots 
September 7, 2009
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