Wimbledon to air live in U.S.
NEW YORK – Chris Evert’s father used to find out she won Wimbledon when she called him long distance after the final.
Technology and tennis fans’ habits have evolved a bit since the 1970s. Now Evert returns from working at a Grand Slam and people say to her, “Are there like two or three different networks doing it? Because I get confused.”
“They don’t know what’s going on, so they turn off the TV,” she said last week.
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