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headed out to the White City Lawn Tennis Club. We were graciously
allowed to play at the members only club. It felt as though we were in
the halls of tennis history. On the walls were the pictures of past
champions such as Laver, Roach, Sampras, Everet, Navratalova,...
Plaques of past winners went back to 1885. Patrick Rafter
was working out on stadium court while Lindsay Davenport was
hitting on an outer court. We took a side court and played some
lawn tennis. Lawn tennis is alive and well in Australia!
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 Looking
through the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association hallway we came
across Art "Tappy" Larsen's name. Art won the tournament
back in 1950. Art was inducted a few years back into the ITF Hall of
Fame. Pam and I remember Art from Tanglewood Tennis Club, where
Pam and I met. Art used to play with Ian and Aryn when they were just
babies. He'd bounce them on his lap as Pam played the finals in the Open
Singles, Doubles and Mixed. Come to think of it, last time he played
with them Pam won the Open Singles, Open Doubles and Open Mixed
Doubles. Some of Art's magic must have rubbed off on Pam. I just
heard from someone on the WWW Art is alive and well. Art, if you read
this- "Hello from the Cooke's." |
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