Margaret Court has ’visions’

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 20

Margaret Court has ’visions’

■;>,7 Fires -Vs.s»-—Ci.'pyriflhlJ SYDNEY. The Australian tennis star. Margaret Court, who announced her retirement last month, has told of "religious visions" and said she was now undecided about her playing future. “1 am leaving my future to the Lord.” she told reporters. “If he wants me to keep plaving I will know. Mrs Court, 33-year-old mother of two. returned to Australia last week from the United States, where she suffered a miscarriage while on a promotional tour. A Roman Catholic, she

said she had found new comfort in her faith. ■ I have be"n having visions on the palms of my hands,” she said. “It all started five months ago. The last vision was two weeks ago in America. “The visions, of a religious theme, last about two . minutes. "I think 1 have been selected by the Lord to do something very special in life . . . ’ “I feel that I have been - gifted. I have never felt so: happy in my life, and I want j the world to know.” Mrs Court. who won 1 Wimbledon three times 3!among 89 major tournament victories in her career, has: ; children aged four and 19 ? months. She is married to Barry- Court, son of the Pre-, simier of Western Australia. I