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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Navratilova beats Evert to win 4th straight title a photo Wimbledon Victor Martina Navratilova i had a lot at stake England a Martina Navratilova came from behind to Clinch her fourth consecutive Wimbledon singles title beating archrival Chris Evert Lloyd 62 in the women final at the All England the 28yearold Czechoslovakia born Lethander Over came an uncharacteristically tentative Start before her Power game halted Evert Lloyds grand slam the 30yearold Holder of the australian and French needed to win the Wimbledon and championships to claim a million Bonus offered by the International Tennis federation to any player who could win All four tournaments Navratilova Victory in their 66th career meeting gave her a 3432 Edge Over her their last 24 meetings All have been in Evert Lloyds precision Baseline game gave her an Early Edge Over the defending Champion As she broke serve in third game of the match their fifth Wimbledon final the turning Point of the final came when a naturalized american broke Evert Lloyds serve in the fourth game of the second Chris had succeeded in keeping Martina pinned Back on the but the Champion began to pressurize her co 1 seed with her powerful serve and Volley Evert Lloyds accuracy no longer looked As effective As in the earlier set As Navratilova mane Vered her around the the Lethander took the second set and then broke Chris again in the opening game of the both players continued to hold serve until Navratilova captured a second break in the seventh game for 52 to come out from the changeover serving for the i knew i really wanted that second Navratilova said its More comfortable at 52 than i didst see any Way she could break me two in a she carved out two match Points and needed just one As Chris crashed a Cross court attempted pass just Evert Lloyd said she Felt she was still in the match even after being broken in the first game of the third giving Martina an advantage she never i had to play catchup Chris my Atti tude has changed this even when Iru Down one break against i feel i can break her but she never when Navratilova broke again in the seventh game of the final it put her in position to serve for the this match is said because i beat her in the i dont think i have played so Well As i have in this losing the grand slam was not As disappointing for her As losing at i didst really think about the grand she Navratilova knew she was under the Tennis Microscope going into saturdays i was More of an underdog than at anytime since the first time i she i had a lot at the Wimbledon on to the Wimbledon mens singles championship match Between Kevin Curren and Boris Becker will be televised live starting at 3 on both an and the German second number one Chris going for the grand losing at the French where i thought i could win even if i didst play so Navratilova said All those factors left her on Edge As she approached the i was so hyper i  keep the Ball in play during the she although Navratilova lost the first Evert Lloyd knew that would not make the remaining two any she plays her Best Tennis when Shes Chris said of her longtime Navratilova turned the match around in the second i said id work on my serve and my serve pulled me she it was the Best Ive served and volleyed for a Long i Only lost serve once and that in itself is an Becker conquers Jarryd to reach final England a Boris the 17yearold unseeded West became the youngest Ever Wimb Ledon mens finalist saturday when he beat the swedish 5 seed Anders Jarryd Becker will meet eight seeded Kevin the South Africa born naturalized in sundays in Only his second season on the came from a set Down against Jar who also had a 31 Lead in the second set tie the match was interrupted by rain Fri with the scores level at a set and a game when play Becker quickly raced ahead of the More experienced 23yearold the electrifying Pace of the match continued from the Day but Becker showed More he broke Jarryd serve in the second game after the although the swede immediately broke the German Wunderkind captured his serve again for Becker then clinched the set when Jarryd fired a return As errors began to creep into Jarryd usually immaculate the opening three games of the fourth set All went against the with Becker emerging with a 21 he then survived four break Points be fore extending his when he broke in the seventh he found himself serving for a place in the he dropped his serve after blasting a smash off court and then serving a but he booked his place in the final on his first match Point when his service return clipped the net Ord and Jarryd flopped a backhand half Volley into the the plays like Hes been on four 9 years7 England a just because Hes Only 17 years the youngest finalist in Wimbledon and just be cause he plays for one of Tennis most prestigious titles Boris Becker sees no reason to do anything special about getting ready for Kevin related Story on Page i will prepare like i do for every Becker said after eliminating 5 seed Anders Jarryd of Sweden 76 if i want to it has to be a Normal i will Becker has not lost much Cruis ing through the 128marr Wimbledon minefield with Cool performing like a Boris does not seem like a 17year Jarryd he plays like Hes been on the tour for nine Jarryd had beaten Becker in the first set but then he dropped the second in a tiebreaker before rams forced suspension of the match until Becker took charge when they never let Ting Jarryd Back into the yesterday i was playing very but today not so Jarryd my serve was not i was trying but he won the big and that was too bad for much of the Jarryd was Becker is a very Good and you have a lot of pressure when you play against he always serves so the big serve game is currens special and Becker knows it will be my first time against the West German youngster Hes got the biggest serve of the i will just try to return the it will be a big serve Wimbledon rain had delayed the Early rounds of the tournament and forced Becker into a schedule that had him play ing three straight Days at the Start of the tournaments second i was very tired after he i took one Day and then i had problems with the timing of my serve on then the Rains came and this time they benefited on he was Back on his i concentrated better and moved much he a photo West Germany Boris Becker in final at 17  
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