A U.S. Open to Remember: Navratilova and Evert Look Back

[elleng]

C.E.: So these days, the players go out and just say, “I’ve got to play my game.” In our day, strategy was a lot more important. We played the weaknesses as much as we played our own game. In this day and age, they just worry about, “I’ve just got to hit out, I’ve just got to be relaxed.”

M.N.: Exactly.

C.E.: I think the other misconception is that the game is more athletic now. We had athletes just as great. If you could bring Martina and Steffi in their prime to the present with this day’s equipment, they would still be No. 1, No. 2 in the world. I think that mentally and emotionally. . . . I don’t know, maybe we were tougher. I don’t know.

J.K.: You were pretty damn tough, Chris.

M.N.: Ha! I remember that!

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[Cal33]

1. Monica Seles was beating Steffi Graf most of the time. If she hadn't

been stabbed by a crazed Steffi fan while playing in Germany, who
knows if Monica might not have been the all-time female tennis great?
She was only 19 when this happened.