Totally epic

I've been a bit quiet about my recently rediscovered tennis obsession. But I have been doing a fair bit of reading, and I've been learning some surprising things. (Most of which are probably old hat to seasoned tennis fans, but anyway.) One is that Pete Sampras's much lauded Open era record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles? Is the *men's* record. *Not* the overall record. Which belongs to Steffi Graf, with 22 Grand Slam singles titles to her name. And she is followed by Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who have 18 Grand Slam singles titles each. Not just one but *three* women have achieved these results.

So I've been reading The Rivals: Chris Evert versus Martina Navratilova by Johnette Howard, and it has been fascinating, both in terms of these two players as individuals and in terms of the era they played in.

( On their rivalry )

( On their friendship )

A sixteen year rivalry. Eighty matches. Sixty finals. I mean, guys, you are awesome, but it looks like you still have a ways to go...