Word: tennist
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Tennist, famed for her spicy on-court attire, who turned professional...
...Women's Championship almost had a form upset when Althea Gibson (TIME, July 17), first Negro ever to play in the Nationals, carried Wimbledon Champion Louise Brough to within one game of match before rain stopped their second-round contest. But next day, 22-year-old Tennist Gibson no longer had her touch or speed, and she went out of the tournament...