Martina Navratilova v Chris Evert: Wimbledon Final 1978 (Extended Highlights)

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  @simonpayne5475 · 4 years ago

  What is so interesting for me about these two great players is how their careers spanned the early professional era of tennis playing alongside King, Court, Wade and Goolagong, then they saw off a host of younger players in the middle part of their careers, Austin, Mandlikova, Jaeger, and finally faced opponents such as Graf, Seles, Sanchez-Vicario. They achieved this by becoming faster, fitter and stronger. They oversaw the transition from Wood to Graphite. They started as good stroke players with less physical strength and fitness and ended up as great and stronger athletes. They helped transform the sport and paved the way for the new era of tennis we have today.

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  @quassica · 5 years ago

  Whoever said women's game was not as interesting as men's needs to get examined. This is SO entertaining, I can't take my eyes off it.

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  @D_SQ · 8 years ago

  1978, The quality is so good, I want to cry.

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  @DannieNg926 · 7 years ago

  Tennis back then was not that powerful but definitely more elegant. Very enjoyable to watch!!

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  @amiedheloise · 3 years ago

  they were so young .. i'm feeling nostalgic .. what a time

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  @budirachman4414 · 8 years ago

  Happy when this game over, Navratilova pass the net to Evert's court, and then Evert hug Navratilova with no tendency about her loss, what incredibly sportmanship that will never found now.

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  @peytondoss405 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I love that era of tennis. So enjoyable to watch. It used to be such an elegant game.

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  @nelsonvega3444 · 4 years ago

  Ohhh good memories..I saw them play many times …and loved it ..

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  @deepaktomer7288 · 5 years ago

  Sportsmanship at the highest level

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  @rivaridge7211 · 6 months ago

  Chris once said that the best tennis advice she ever received was from her father, Jimmy Evert. The advice was to be humble and gracious, not only in victory, but equally so in defeat. On the many occasions when Chris crushed her opponents, she (in post-match press conferences) would find something positive to say about their game - as a way to encourage them as they moved forward in their careers. It was a very classy thing to do and it made Chris a true fan favorite for many years running.  Also, I wanted to note the September 2025 passing of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at age 92. She was shown here giving Martina the famous Wimbledon plate and awarding Chris the runner-up medal. For decades, the Duchess was a very familiar presence at the women's trophy presentations, and I recall her once saying that it always happily surprised her a when strangers (Americans and others, on holiday in England) approached her in public to say hello. RIP dear lady!

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  @geethashivanarayanan8197 · 8 years ago

  Chris. Martina, Borg and McEnroe, they made me love this sport... great salute to them... This match looks like Chris giving it to Martina...

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  @Harakiri-ir1xr · 7 years ago

  wow chris evert was so sweet

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