Surprise tennis defeat
NZPA Melbourne The second seed, Evonne Cawlev, crashed out of the $200,000 Australian Women’s Open at Kooyong yesterday — beaten by a young Yugoslav who had long regarded the Australian as her idol. " ■' “ ? ‘
-Mrs Cawley, in her first match of the tournament, stunned the adoring crowd
and disappointed the organisers as she . lost to Mima Jausovec, 2-6, 6-4, 4-6.
“Being pregnant makes you feel mellow — I don’t think I’m out there to fight,” said the Wimbledon champion later. The Australian open could well be Evonne’s last tournament before the birth of her baby, due in six ‘months.
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