Wimbledon Review 1987
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Going into the 1987 Championships, Boris Becker was looking
to become emulate such players as Bjorn Borg and Fred Perry
in winning three consecutive Wimbledon singles titles.
However, in a first week constantly interrupted by rain,
Becker's hopes die as he slides to dramatic defeat at the
hands of unknown Australian Peter Doohan.
With the hot favourite gone, the most open Men's tournament
in years sees the World Champion Ivan Lendl claw his way to
his second successive final and his second successive defeat;
this time against the grass court magic of Pat Cash.
As for the ladies; it's really about the top two seeds, Martina
Navratilova and Steffi Graf. Martina's after Helen Wills-Moody's
record of 8 single titles and a new one of her own - six in
a row. But Steffi is the player in form, hungy for navratilova's
position as the world's number one. They meet in a tense,
dramatic final that sees navratilova show one again that Wimbledon
brings out her best.
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