European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rain ruins action at Wimbledon England a John Mcenroe opened his defense of the mens singles title at the All England Tennis championships monday but played for just 22 minutes before officials suspended his first round match against Australia Peter Mcnamara because of the Slippery with the score on the Center court stand ing at Mcenroe approached the Umpire and called for tournament referee Alan Mills after both players had slipped on the Greasy surface following several hours of you cannot move at the court is the american Lethander pro its not like we have to finish the match its Only the first with Mcnamara in Mills told the crowd he was suspending play until tuesday in View of the Slippery nature of the court and the possibility of injury to the the who had waited patiently for 4vi hours for play to booed and whistled the the 1 surprisingly had his service broken at love in the open ing game of the match As he struggled to find his timing and but he soon got into his stride and broke Back in the sixth game also at love before the match was in one of the Rai Niest starts to a Wimble Don event for Many play on 14 of the 16 courts was abandoned for the Day Fol lowing steady rain that did not let up until late on court the Only other court where play was 2 seed Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia copied Mcenroe by drop Ping his first service he trailed 03 to american Mel Purcell but reeled off six of the next seven games and won the opening set the play became impossible in the second set and the action was suspended until tuesday like All the queuing change draws protests England a ten Nis fans queueing for seats at the All eng land Lawn Tennis championships monday accused tournament officials of trying to kill off the traditional method of standing in the Many of whom had queued All night to get into the also claimed they had Only restricted views once they found places on the show in the spectators received special queue enabling them to leave for food and drink and return later to the same place in the and ensuring they would definitely get into the show an All England club official said the scheme was scrapped in order to reduce the enormous allow people plenty of time to reach outside courts and make admission More disgruntled fans found out about the new arrangements after arriving at the All England club late sunday the club is trying to phase out queuing altogether every year it gets said Robert who had travelled from is Home in Scotland to be first in line for his seventh last year the seats on offer were All Over the under the scoreboard and in Good there will now Only be restricted views that Means seats behind real fans like us queue up year after and after six or seven years queuing you feel very hard done he june 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 three one with an umbrella and two cuddling under an cant not even singing in the rain a photo do anything but wait As rain interferes with the Start of the 1985 Wimbledon Tennis All outdoor action was wiped out Evert Lloyd worked hard7 for by Peter Alfano England not it would have been easier to accept the role of to spend the rest of her career treated As the Queen Mother of Tennis who still dominated most of the women on the Chris Evert Lloyd had All the creature comforts a Home in another in London and a handsome husband who elicits squeals from British there were thoughts of Start ing a what was there to prove Evert Lloyd had already earned her place among the Al time greats in a professional career that spanned 12 years and withstood the Challenge of two generations of some of her opponents were now half her Over the Evert Lloyd had cultivated her image As a yet highly competitive player a Ladylike Baseline who was gracious in defeat As Well As Vic she became the Model by which the american fans judged the other women she is miss american All grown up at 30 years of but i dont play an image when i play said Martina i just play beating her has been synonymous with beating but perhaps it is because of Evert Lloyds image that Navratilova has not been embraced As warmly As Evert Lloyd in the United despite achieving greatness in her own Navratilova was the player who ended Evert Lloyds reign As and for two years put some distance Between the rivalry was not the Evert Lloyd As when she was challenging Billie Jean who was older and beginning to or evonne Goola Gong who quit to have a or Tracy who was a reflection across the Navratilova was a Superior athlete who won with a serve and Volley game As intimidating As any Ever fulfilling her potential became an a commitment most players men and women reluctant to i was becoming comfortable being Evert Lloyd said in an interview last i even stopped looking at the rank for two years Martina dominated me and there was a time when she i can beat Chris even when in not at the top of my no one had Ever come along and beat me 13 straight times like she but hidden by her style is a determination and stubbornness that continues to motivate Evert Lloyd after 12 years at the she began to work harder on the court and building strength and stamp flattering Navratilova by borrowing some of her training she altered her approaching the net More often in order to put the Points an admission that Daylong rallies and steely nerves were no longer she made sacrifices instead of Concession she showed the people she Calls the doubting Thomases that it was not yet time to sing Bye miss american i didst expect Chris to lie Down and Navratilova i  see Chris accepting i would be the same i  be Placid about being you cant get used to being less after youve been the in the eyes of the tournament committee Here at there both the the committee Drew some most notably from the women Tennis when it made Evert Lloyd and Navratilova the 1seeded players for the most prestigious tournament in the but As the 1985 tourney it is not the seedlings that will be the it will be How Evert Lloyd became 1 and in doing so added a new twist to what May be the the most competitive and enduring rivalry in Tennis Evert Lloyd actually regained the offi Cial 1 position in the Sta rankings after defeating Navratilova in a three set final of the French 16 Days it was her 17th major championship and continued her Streak of winning at least one grand slam event in each of the last 12 she is now 22 against Navratilova this year and 3233 Over i realized i could work Evert Lloyd i still believe in the pressure is Back the Tough est thing is to win the French and Wimble Don Back to How Bjorn Borg did it so often ill never Ive had to come Down to Earth and 1 still have to get i Haven even looked at the tape of the French final while Navratilova won a grass court tournament in Eastbourne last and talked about How she has won Wimbledon each of the five years she made the final at Evert Lloyd was keeping a Low practising at Wimbledon when the weather her presence was the Lloyds of London have recently published a Book about How they detailing their lives on the Tennis the Book was written by Carol the daughter of prime minister Margaret and it is spiced with some intimate accounts of the Lloyds i had conflicting feelings about doing Evert Lloyd a part of me Doest feel comfortable with writing a but i dont think John and i dropped any Arn sports radio baseball Baltimore orioles new York wednesday 2 at