Likely tennis champion
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) PERTH. Mrs M. Court, of Australia, the world’s leading woman tennis player, says a |l7-year-old Sydney girl. Miss D. Fromboltz, is a likely future world champion. Mrs Court, aged 32, is giving Miss Fromboltz. a left-hander, two weeks of intensive coaching, concentrating on improving her service, forehands, and volleys. “She is the nick of the
“She is the pick of the up-and-coming youngsters in the world,” said Mrs Court, (yesterday. “She has unmapped potential. I wouldn't (waste my time working out !with her if f didn’t think it would benefit her. She has the talent to win at Wimbledon—maybe in three or four years.” Miss Fromboltz last month won her first national open tournament, the Austral i a n hardc o u r t championship, and last year, [while still a junior, won 10 open tournaments.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33448, 1 February 1974, Page 18
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