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Sunday Brunch crowd is lingering Over Coffee and a mixed doubles game featuring wrist forehand and chopped lobs is proceeding at a a leisurely Pace on the lower hard surface Tennis courts. Up above on the manicured grass that sets Montecito apart from most other Tennis clubs in California or the United states for that matter there is Little that or. Leisurely. Jimmy Connors is getting ready for Wimbledon. A there Are 30 people or so watching the 1 practice match. In a week or so they would have , hundreds of dollars for a ticket to see this kind of grass court Competition pay that is in the unlikely event that they could even find an available ticket for Wimbledon. His opponent is Marty Riessen a world ranked player and Winner of nine tournaments in the Early 1970s. Riessen a former Tennis and basketball Star at Northwestern University will turn 50 later this year but he has continued to play in various senior circuits arid has kept himself and his game in shape Connors is clearly better but it is no Walkover. A. A. Connors works hard a even the grunts Are pre grand spam tournament Quality a and the grass stains on his White shorts blend nicely with his sweat soaked shirt. The preparation even includes playing to the crowd something he has raised to an Art form. A a the people who come and watch me now most of them Are my age a he said. A they saw me play before they see me play now and i try to make them feel like they Are a part of it. A it does no to Hurt to smile once in a while out there. It does t Cost a Martina Navratilova guns for 10th singles title. Navratilova Aims More Jimmy Connors tuning up for grass. By Shelley Anslow the associated press a. S he broke the record she wanted most by winning an unprecedented ninth Wimbledon. Singles title last summer but Martina Navratilova is not yet ready to Stop history. A books. Navratilova. 34, is just three behind Chris Evert s total of 157 singles championships and three shy of Billie Jean King s record of 20 Wimbledon singles and doubles titles yes. I think about Chris record because i m dose now Quot she said. A Billie Jean within reach too. It a a possible but that one s farther away so guns i m aiming Tor now. A Navratilova said it was a great Relief when she broke the Wimbledon singles record she. Had shared with Helen wills that does not mean she has. Lost Hei determination to wire again it s not an All encompassing quest to win so i m much More relaxed. A Navratilova said after a Victory two weeks ago at the Edgbaston grass court tournament in Birmingham England. She said her age is not a Handicap a physically i feel better than last year a said Navratilova. A i get some aches and pains in my body but i Don t have to worry about my Knees holding up or about breaking a record a. Navratilova also said she has not been the publicity surrounding a $10 million suit filed by Long tune companion Judy Nelson. The lawsuit claims Navratilova broke a cohabitation agreement. Although she has Cut Back her tournament schedule. Navratilova pointed out that she still plays As Many tour events As her Young a people say i in cutting Down because of my age when in a playing the same,1 number of matches As the in year Olds a she Sard. A. Navratilova said she plans to play several because she still has a lot to Learna sometimes i m Ama de i was Able to win knowing a Quot Little As i did a she said. A a there Are new techniques new. Strokes Hilling the a different place because i be been hitting it to tire wrong place All the time knew How to play in the wind. A after so marry years that May sound to worry about but Navratilova insisted sire All a a we have a lot of Fin practising it s a very in axed a atmosphere a sire said. A and we got to play Tennis which is great what More could you want. What some 01 tire top women s player-., want is More. Morrey Navratilova has led tire Call Tor women to to paid the same As men and said it is simply Mease of due. Reward for hard work. A. A. A when i started playing there was no Money so you a truly started playing Tiro game because you and wanted to win Quot she said a because there is Money now. In a still playing if there wore. No Money i would have had a to go Back to College and get a Job like anyone else Quot a. Navratilova said the amount of Money available has. Made Tennis More competitive. A. The Mono we make is unbelievable1, but you can have a very very average baseball player who gets thousands. Of dollars she said yes. To gel. Endorse Nientsu but you have to prove yourself before you get those a she to Point out that sportsmanship still exists.�?T. A a. In Navratilova a third round Victory two weeks ago own Maya . Tie japanese player admitted being hit by the Ball As it Llew out of Bounds even though the Umpire initially awarded the Point to kid Waht said wow sportsmanship still lives Navratilova. Said a a everybody s thinking afr out tire ranking Ang the prize Money so the players Aren t As ready to give away s As they were Quot Day june 25, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page Iii
