The 5 Most Exciting Women Tennis Players in the 80s
There will never be another era as emphatically exciting in women’s tennis…
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There will never be another era as emphatically exciting in women’s tennis as the 1980s. It is the equivalent of the current era of Novak, Rafa, and Roger but for women’s tennis. In the 1980s, the world was gifted with Navratilova, Evert, and Graf, all playing at the highest level, and at the same time. ... Read more