Word: three-set
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...issue was determined, for now at least, in a three-set match of alternately brilliant and shaky tennis. It took Evert just 27 minutes to win the first set, 6-2, over an obviously nervous Navratilova. It was the Czech's first singles final, and she played its opening games as if in a daze. With Navratilova leading 1-0 in the second set, Wimbledon fans witnessed one of the oddest turning points in the history of Centre Court. Evert lofted a desperate return high over the net, and Navratilova leaped to kill it. But what ought to have...
Lundy and Chaikovsky engineered a three-set victory over the Elis' highly-touted number one pairing of Doyle and Cary Leeds, and Shaw and John Fishwick--Walker's sub--lost a close three-setter at second doubles, but by that point the matches were irrelevant...
Kirsch and Pompan mopped up with a three-set win at third doubles, while Lundy and Chaikovsky lost a heartbreaker at one when they dropped four straight match points to lost a 5-4 tiebreaker in the third set--but by that point, no one cared a whole...
...feet, plays an attacking game with forehand his best shot...capable of playing brilliant tennis at any given time, though not always consistent...his game improved greatly over the winter, but needs more experience according to Fish...went 1-3 on southern trip, including a well-played, three-set loss at Georgia, before injuring ankle...ankle must heal completely, and soon, if Crimson is to have a realistic shot at winning the Eastern League crown...likely candidate to play number one for Crimson in future years...
...victory was the first time Goolagong has beaten Evert since the spring of 1976, when she downed Evert in a three-set final to take the Virginia Slims championship...