EXCLUSIVE: Jaeger's confession - I let Martina win the title

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Jaeger Bomb -- I threw the 1983 Wimbledon women's final to Martina
Published 7/5/2008 by wfrazerjr at SportsFilter
Now a Dominican nun, former women's tennis star Andrea Jaeger says in an interview she tanked the final against Navratilova after a confrontation with her father the day before. Jaeger, who was 18 at the time, also says she saw Navratilova that same evening and got the cold shoulder. "I couldn't have done that in her position, but all I thought at the time was, 'I've changed her routine and affected her. I can't go out and try in the final now'." Read Story.

Andrea Jaeger: Tennis Star Turned Nun
Published 7/5/2008 by Hazel at RightFielders Women in Sports
Meet Andrea Jaeger, 1980s tennis star who is now a nun. She has recently made some controversial revelations about her tennis career. Read her biography, see photos of her then and now and a video below. Andrea Jaeger has revealed that she intentionally lost the 1983 Wimbledon final to Martina Navratilova. She says that she had an argument with her father the afternoon before the match. She ran next door to the apartment that Navratilova was renting so she could call a taxi. When she finally got someone to answer the door, it was Navratilova’s trainer. Jaeger says that ...

Woman Claims to Have Thrown Wimbledon Final
Published 7/6/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Andrea Jaeger , one of a series of female tennis phenoms America has thrown up the ATP charts, has told the DAILY MAIL that a fight with her domineering and abusing father led her to throw the 1983 Wimbledon ladies’ final against Martina Navratilova 6-0, 6-3. Jaeger also ...