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Women's Tennis: Why I Wasn't at the Draw
I definitely underestimated Sambalenka on Tech at the US Open. Sloane Stevens spoke on behalf of current players and good on her for doing that. It was a really, really special event. I actually have on my laptop right now a copy of the minutes from that first ever meeting where the vote went through to form the WTA. Betty Stover were being sent to guard the door because she was the most physically towering presence. In 1973 women couldn't get a credit card in their own name. They had to have their husband's cosign. And yet there was Billie Jean King forming a women's tennis association,. founding professional women's tennis three years before. Extraord
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