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...Martina Torres is a newly arrived American journalist with a boorish banker husband....
...There is no clear successor to Serena Williams, the last woman to win Wimbledon two years running, with victories in 2015 and 2016....
...’ clothes and Martina Navratilova’s racket....
...In 1999, Serena shocked the tennis world by beating Martina Hingis for the US Open title. Two years later, the sisters met each other in a major final for the first time, a television ratings smash....
...Even so, I suspect she may return, just as Borg, Martina Hingis and Justine Henin did from their retirements....
...Martina Navratilova won her last mixed doubles title in the US Open aged 49, shortly before Barry Bonds retired from baseball aged 43 in 2007....
...Upon her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Italy’s Martina Trevisan in the semi-final, the 18-year-old American delivered a stark message after a spate of recent mass shootings back home: “Peace....
...They know their destiny is to lose to Novak Djokovic or, until recently, Serena Williams. But occasionally a player makes a tournament seem truly open....
...Martina Witter, a psychotherapist based in Manchester, said the interview by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had “resonated” with her....
...They include Italy’s Martina Mondadori Sartogo, Sweden’s Beata Heuman and British designers Rachel Chudley and Luke Edward Hall, the FT columnist....
...Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Sharapova, and then further across we have Chris Evert, and of course, Serena Williams herself....
...Those with a better record are among the greats of their respective generations; Williams, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis....
...It’s Martina Laird who holds the stage, though. She’s outstanding as Pearl, a charismatic, resourceful, woman ground down by the ugly events around her....
...Martina Mondadori established Cabana, a twice-yearly design magazine, in 2014, “to join the dots of what I was seeing: an explosion of interest in patterns....
...Lately, it has become better known for producing a series of European stars, including Maria Sharapova and Martina Hingis....
...But it is Walter’s fine, agonised Brutus and Martina Laird’s excellent, wary Cassius who are at the heart of the production, as they wrangle over the justification for assassination....
...When superstar-to-be Steffi Graf won her first Slam at the 1987 French Open, she ended a 27 tournament streak without a first-time winner, Martina Navratilova winning 11 of those....
...Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are reigning monarchs, unbeatable by most other players, as were Rafael Nadal, Justine Henin, Roger Federer and Martina Hingis before them....
...The statement went on to laud the progress of women’s tennis “thanks to the leadership of Billie Jean [King], Martina Navratilova, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and so many other great women athletes”....
...Martina Navratilova, who supplemented her singles titles with an incredible 31 Major doubles titles and another ten in mixed-doubles, many of these while she was still at the peak of her powers in the singles...
...To do so at 33-years old would be even more impressive — Martina Navratilova turned 30 late in the 1986 season, but no other woman has had a top 10 season in their thirties....
...Even the apparently invincible, like Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, clearly the best in tennis this year, fell short of winning all four grand slam tournaments....
...If Serena Williams spends one more week in the number one spot, she will overtake Martina Hingis on the all-time list for number of weeks at the top. Currently they are joint fourth....
...When she was six, she was spotted by Martina Navratilova during a tennis exhibition in Moscow....
...Martina Renner, a member of the opposition party Die Linke who also sits on the Bundestag committee, said she expected there would be “political consequences”....
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