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The 1980s: A Golden Era of Tennis
The 1980s: A Golden Era of Tennis
The 1980s were a Golden Era for Professional Tennis. It was the best of times – Tennis in the Eighties – when the thrill of tense tiebreaks entered everyman’s domicile, highlighted by exotic locales like Paris, Melbourne, London and New York. 1980s tennis also ushered in exciting yet ...
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