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...farewell was to Stefan Edberg, a past champion playing his last Grand Slam tournament. Edberg honored the game of tennis not only with the most graceful serve and volley tennis of the past decade but with his personality...
Year after year Edberg has won the season-ending Sportsmanship Award until they were forced to name it after him--before he retired. In an age where Dieon Sanders, Shaquille O'Neal and Andre Agassi are being glorified, Stefan Edberg stepped out of big-time tennis as quietly and gracefully as he came in, more the champion than either of those three could imagine...
...successor to Edberg's unassuming legacy is Pete Sampras. His story is what defined the Open...
Graf, Courier, Stich and Edberg may be gone, but as Wimbledon moves through its final week, Gangji and the other 359 umpires employed by the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club for the tournament stoically march through the draw. Underpaid and often abused by the churlish multimillionaires they judge, umpires must display the probity of a Supreme Court Justice, the acuity of a marksman and the patience of a marriage counselor...
...admires Gabriela Sabatini's intense serve-and-volley game, likes Michael Chang "because he's short," and loves Stefan Edberg--well, because he's Stefan...