Wimbledon Re-Lived 1978-90: Martina - The Greatest Champion
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
With nine singles titles to her name, Martina Navratilova is the most successful player in Wimbledon history. In this episode, we focus on the first of her wins – in 1978 against Chris Evert – and the last of them – in 1990 against Zina Garrison.
In between analysing those matches, there’s discussion about the leaner years at the start of Navratilova’s career, her rivalry with Evert, the way she developed athletically into the sport’s most dominant figure, her special connection with Wimbledon, and the longevity of her career.
We also get Evert’s view on the 1978 final and hear Navratilova’s own reflections on her career.
The Tennis Podcast is presented by Catherine Whitaker and David Law, and features Matt Roberts. It is produced weekly year-round, and daily during the Grand Slam tournaments. It is crowdfunded by listeners each December.
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We will be doing daily shows throughout the original Wimbledon dates, looking back on some of the tournament’s best matches and most important stories. You can watch extended highlights of Navratilova’s 1978 and 1990 victories on YouTube. Tomorrow we will be discussing John McEnroe vs. Bjorn Borg from 1980. Extended highlights and the full fourth set tiebreak are available.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Mary and Bartoli. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Matt Vylander. |
| 0:03.0 | This is Mary Carillo. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Lainey Nutt. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Janik Noah. |
| 0:08.0 | And you're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello folks and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the glorious, glorious past. |
| 0:27.0 | The first of our Wimbledon Relived podcasts |
| 0:30.0 | will be doing 14 of them over the next fortnight |
| 0:34.0 | when Wimbledon should have been taking place. |
| 0:37.0 | And it's actually a strange feeling this morning, |
| 0:41.0 | waking up and knowing that we should all have been wondering |
| 0:44.0 | through the park in Wimbledon. |
| 0:46.0 | Laughing at all the people that have spent four nights in a tent |
| 0:50.0 | in hopes of getting our hands on a Wimbledon ticket |
| 0:54.0 | and knowing that we should have been wondering |
| 0:57.0 | into the All-Engling Club and anticipating the first day's play. |
| 1:01.0 | Actually, I've been a bit blindsided by it myself. |
| 1:03.0 | I wasn't expecting, you know, we've known Wimbledon's been cancelled |
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