TAG: Karen says she’s a “Vilas fan for life”
May/12
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Random Tennis Player Biofile: Karen Pestaina
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Name: Karen Pestaina
Occupation: Editor-in-Chief of Tennispanorama.com and Contributor to The New York Times.
Resides In: Fort Lee, N.J.
First memory of tennis: I have two "first" memories. Although I was very little, I barely remember when Arthur Ashe upset Jimmy Connors to win Wimbledon in 1975. I had an uncle and cousins in London calling my father to give him match updates until we could find the match on my father's shortwave radio. Later I remember watching the match on tape-delay on NBC.
In 1977 I witnessed the last U.S. Open at Forest Hills when Guillermo Vilas upset Jimmy Connors in four sets for the championship. This was the first tennis match I actually attended and I did not realize the significance of the match until years later. This match branded me a Vilas fan for life.
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