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MV PULL BACK TO GV: Chris Evert of USA (far end) losing point after long rally to Wendy Turnbull of Australia in U.S. Open Tennis Championships, Forest Hills, New York.
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GV: Scoreboard showing Evert six games, Turnbull five in three sets
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GV: Turnbull serving, losing point and game after rally.
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GV: Scoreboard showing Evert five games, Turnbull two, in second set.
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GV: Evert serving and losing point after long rally in final game of final set.
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GV: Crowd applauding.
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GV: Evert serving and winning point.
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SV: Crowd applauding.


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GV: Evert serving for match point and winning game, set and match, and players shaking hands to crowd applause.
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SPORT: TENNIS

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Background: Tennis - and home champion Christine Evert's victory in the United States Open makes it the first time in a quarter of a century that the same has won the title three years in a row. Miss Evert accomplished the feat, by beating Australia's Wendy Turnbull at Forest Hills in New York on Saturday (September 10). The feat last achieved by the late Maureen Connolly between 1951 and 1953.

SYNOPSIS: But it was no easy victory for Miss Evert, who frequently found herself struggling against the relatively unknown Australian girl.

Evert six- Turnbull five in the first set. Turnbull serving, and losing point.

Miss Turnbull slipping behind - but not without a fight. She tirelessly went into long rallies, taking enough points to keep the American girl on her toes. Turnbull's point.

But the partisan home crowd were beginning to sense that Miss Evert - with her greater world - class experience and skill- was on the way to a win.

Match point - and while Miss Evert made no mistake about it in the end, the Australian challenger put up a sturdy finishing fight.

The final score - 7-6, 6-2