Chris Evert, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Rod Laver, Mats Wilander, Virginia Wade, Guillermo Vilas, Maria Sharapova (not playing this year due to injury) and this woman to the left, Gabriela Sabatini, were all filing in a short time ago for the past champions ceremony tonight in Arthur Ashe Stadium.This photo, from 2006, does not really do Sabatini justice. She looks pretty great -- as do all the other past champs. Tennis seems to be a good sport if you want to stay fit and young-looking into your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond.
Lendl, who has five daughters as competitive in golf and show-jumping as he was on the tennis court, had a few amusing things to say, particularly on the subject of the Williams sisters.
"They have other things in life they enjoy doing, as they should," he said. "I remember I was criticized often for not having a life outside of tennis, and nothing could have been further from the truth. I had lots of things, I just chose not to share them with everyone. As long as they still love the game, it doesn't matter what else they do."
Lendl was on the board of directors of the Hartford Whalers before they moved to Carolina, and he's a lifelong hockey player and fan.
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