Sentences with phrase «evert lloyd»

After being slapped around for a set, Martina Navratilova overwhelmed Chris Evert Lloyd to reaffirm she's No. 1

Over the years, they have been sports» foremost opponents, yet Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd are fast friends

TENNIS — MARTINA NAVRATILOVA beat Chris Evert Lloyd 4 - 6, 6 - 1, 6 - 2 to win the $ 300,000 Toyota championships in New Jersey (page 30).

The draw was sufficiently strong — the injured Chris Evert Lloyd and John McEnroe and the resting Steffi Graf were the only notable absentees — that neither of the world's No. 1 players was able to get a leg up on the»87 slam.

In the middle of the match, Martina — who never wins the crowd in her adopted country — couldn't help but turn to Evert Lloyd in the stands and say, «I want to play you here.»

Standing next to Martina, Evert Lloyd reached over, rubbed her friend's neck and fondly patted her back.

By the time Navratilova took the court, Evert Lloyd had staggered to a 7 - 5, 7 - 6 victory over Sukova, and Czechoslovakia was down a point.

«It's possible that if she ever got the mental part together, she could be unbeatable,» says Evert Lloyd.

A temperament such as Martina's can be a wellspring of brilliance that brings tennis fans to their feet cheering, but, unharnessed, and with Evert Lloyd or Austin across the net, it's about as helpful as a clubfoot.

In a moment of inspiration, Martina grabbed Evert Lloyd's racket, put it in her teeth, and walked off the court behind her.

While Evert Lloyd, at age 27, has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, Martina, at 25, has won but three — Wimbledon in 1978 and 1979 and the Australian Open just last December.

She is second only to Evert Lloyd in career earnings ($ 3,847,752 to $ 3,808,904).

Regardless of their inner turmoil under competitive stress, Evert Lloyd and Austin rarely display any emotion on court, and they almost never give away a match.

Martina was seeded to meet Chris Evert Lloyd, the greatest clay - court player of them all, in the finals, but a patient Andrea Jaeger defeated Evert Lloyd in the semifinals.

Evert Lloyd collapsed in laughter and the tension of the evening was dissipated.

In her soon - to - be-released autobiography, Chrissie, Evert Lloyd tells of a doubles match she and Martina lost to Casals and Frankie Durr in 1976.

Not exact matches

For her part, Evert - Lloyd was devastating in her 6 - 1, 6 - 0 semifinal dismantling of Billie Jean King.

Evert - Lloyd needed only 50 minutes — she won 48 of the final 63 points — to end another of the resolute 35 - year - old King's comebacks following surgery.

Austin beat Evert - Lloyd by being steadier than the player who invented steadiness.

She relishes the fact that she is the youngest ever to play at Wimbledon, and she was excited about snapping Evert - Lloyd's 125 - match clay - court winning streak this summer.

«She wasn't the old Billie Jean,» said Evert - Lloyd.

This was a title that Austin was destined to win, but even so, her 6 - 4, 6 - 3 triumph over a slimmed - down and fresh Chris Evert - Lloyd was startling not only because it came a trifle sooner than anyone expected, but also because it snapped Evert - Lloyd's Open championship streak at four and dashed any hopes she had of regaining the domination of women's tennis that she enjoyed as recently as last year.

Evert - Lloyd was rocked by critical mistakes.

That it came down to Evert - Lloyd and her apparent clone, Austin, in the finals was not particularly surprising because the Open has been Chris» province for many years, while her chief rival, Martina Navratilova, considers the tournament her personal horror show.

And when asked to pick the winner of Evert - Lloyd vs. Austin, she said, «If I bet, I might put $ 1,000 on Chris, and $ 999.99 on Tracy.»

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