Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilovais a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth18 October 1956
CityPrague, Czech Republic
CountryUnited States of America
against argument call goes match seconds speeds takes umpire
It actually speeds the match up, ... You do the challenge, you look at it, it takes 15 to 30 seconds and you're done with it. (Now) when you have a really big call that goes against you and you have an argument with the umpire and the linesman it takes a lot of time.
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I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.
chicken eggs involved pig sports
I'm not involved in sport, I'm commited.""Do you know the difference?""Think of eggs and ham!""The chicken is involved but the pig is commited!
few nice practicing rewarding time together win work
It's wonderful, it's been a while. It's been a long time coming. Been in a few finals, but no wins. This one was sweet. It's always nice to win with a new partner. You feel like you get better together and work together. We've done a lot of practicing together. It's very rewarding to see that you get better as a team.
became injuries
We should have had the off-season long ago, even before injuries became such a big part of the game,
convince couple martina maybe playing talking
I've been talking to Martina about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.
fun good help needed organize somebody trust words
It was time-consuming, but it was fun. I needed somebody to help organize it, I'm not very good at that, but all the words are mine. Trust me on that one.
affect anyone equality marry special
This is not about special rights, it's about equality. If I marry a woman, how does that affect anyone else?
bring fans good great lord next players weather
The weather couldn't have been better, ... It's a great little arena. You bring the fans close. The players like it, too. Good lord willing, we'll all be back next year.
great happy played
Actually this summer, I played great tennis. I'm very happy with my game.
exciting match stadium
So that was an exciting match to win, period. And to do it on this stadium in the quarterfinals, it's sweet.
ten
Ten years from now we're going to say, 'How could we have done without it?'
history losing risk taken tie worried
That's just a footnote. Losing the tie is the history. If I was worried about it, I wouldn't have taken the risk and played.
cover open tv
I don't know why the TV doesn't cover it more, ... You don't even know about it when I'm in the U.S. Open semifinals.