Tuesday, September 11, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9
^Navratilova and
^McEnroe on a roll
United Press International
NEW YORK — Even as they con
tinue to win with monotonous regu-
larity, John McEnroe and Martina
A Navratilova envision bigger and
brighter tomorrows.
Enough is never enough for these
two titans of tennis, and as each new
aonor is added, as each new
hampionship is registered, they
ook forward to fresh conquests and
more lines in the record book.
Just as they had done at Wimble-
ion two months earlier, Navratilova
md McEnroe joined hands again to
emerge as the U.S. Open champions
this jjpast weekend. Between them
they-, have won 127 singles matches
this year and lost three.
Navratilova, in particular, seems
anstoppable, despite the fact she was
hreatened in Saturday’s final by
Chris Evert Lloyd before prevailing,
1-6, 6-4, 6-4. Navratilova has cap
tured six Grand Slam champion-
ihips in a row — in women’s doubles
ts well as singles — and in the last
hree years has won 235 of 240 sin
gles matches.
The 27-year-old left-hander al-
eady has surpassed $2 million in
;arnings for 1984 and now is on the
jrink of breaking two of the most
imposing records in women’s tennis.
vVith 55 consecutive victories, she is
f f ^rpnlyjone shy of Chris Evert Lloyd’s
•ecord, and she needs only to win
pin k ivv he Australian Open to break the re
in in Wacitord for consecutive Grand Slam ti
les she now shares with Margaret
Hourt.
That first goal should come next
veek when she competes in a tour-
lament at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
tarting Sept. 17, but she’ll have to
' vait until the end of November be-
l; link in breiassaulting the Australian.
r " nn *- “That’ll be history,” Navratilova
aid of a possible seventh successive
his \r ;j r and Slam title. “Then, if 1 don’t
ever play another match for the rest
of my life, I can say Eve won that
Grand Slam, and done something no
one else has done.”
By winning the Australian, Navra
tilova also would silence the critics
who belittle her Grand Slam. Purists
feel that to be a true Grand Slam
champion a player must win all four
titles — Wimbledon, the U.S.,
French and Australian — in the
same calendar year.
After suffering her only loss of
1983 to Kathy Horvath in the fourth
round of the French Open, Navrati
lova started her Grand Slam streak
in last year’s Wimbledon.
McEnroe, too, is looking ahead to
the Australian, but for him the feel
ing is mixed with a twinge of regret.
Except for a slip in the final of the
French Open, when he blew a two-
set lead to Ivan Lendl, McEnroe also
would be in position to complete a
Grand Slam.
“I suppose I could say it got away
if I win the Australian,” McEnroe
said following his devastating 6-4, 6-
3, 6-1 victory over Lendl Sunday
that gave him his fourth U.S. Open
crown. “I could certainly say that.
But I don’t think you can look back.
You have to look ahead.
“If I do win the Australian, I
guess that gives rne a shot at the
Grand Slam. In my mind, you have
to win it in the same year, but if you
can do it four in a row, that’s pretty
impressive. I’d be more than happy
to take that.”
It won’t come as any consolation
to the other talented young men try
ing to make a living in tennis, but
McEnroe not only feels he has be
come a better player this year, he be
lieves there still is room for im
provement. What he needs, he
claims, is someone to push him.
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By JAN PERRY
Sports Writer
Texas A&M Polo Club players chase down
the ball in polo match held last year. The
Photo by PETER ROCHA
A&M players use their best men and women
in the club for the polo team.
For those who play contact
sports like football, rugby and
hockey, risking injury is part of
the game. In a sport like polo
though, injuries seldom cross a
player’s mind — unless you be
long to the Texas A&M Polo
Club.
A&M’s polo players worry
more about injuries because their
main pieces of equipment, horses,
are usually rejects.
“The donated horses are not
the best,” said club president
Jerry Gainer. “They’re either too
slow, too fast, or too jumpy. Some
are uncontrollable.”
Gainer and his 30 club mem
bers work with the horses when
they arrive and try to break the
animals of their bad habits.
The horses, strangely enough,
are donated to A&M by people
not even connected with the Uni
versity.
The tempermental horses are
not the only hazards found in
polo. A young players’ inexperi
ence threatens everyones’ safety.
“Polo is a really tough sport,”
Gainer said. “The majority of in
juries come from people falling
off the horses. Young players
who haven’t ridden much don’t
know how to hit the gound right
when they fall.”
Gainer said he’s seen one bro
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occur during his three years with
the team.
Those are minor injuries com-
ared to what could, and has,
appened.
“We require the players to wear
helmets to eliminate any heavy in
juries,” he said. “But, someone
could get killed real easily. People
are permanantly injured, par
alyzed, or killed from polo. What
it amounts to is mistakes. One
mistake could cost someone quite
heavily.”
Gainer said rules governing
player safety are strictly enforced
during a game to prevent careless
errors. The rules specify how a
player can swing his mallet, and
where he can his horse can gal
lop.
If a player is hit with the ball
purposely, a heavy penalty is as
sessed. An equally heavy penalty
is given to any player who inten-
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a blatant attempt to gain a free
shot.
From the response A&M’s polo
club received at the MSC Open
House, club members feel many
Aggies also want to enjoy the
sport.
The only membei^hip require
ments are that each person pro
vide his or her own helmet, boots,
saddle and bridle. The club pro
vides eight horses for members’
use if they don’t have horses of
their own.
Members who use the club’s
horses are required to pay a $175
fee per semester.
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