17 ottobre 2005
Tags : Louise. Brough
Brough Louise
• Nata ad Oklahoma City (Stati Uniti) l’11 marzo 1923. Tennista. Vincitrice di sei titoli dello Slam: Us 1947, Wimbledon 1948, Wimbledon 1949, Wimbledon e Australia 1950, Wimbledon 1955. «[...] si consumava nel nervosismo, arrivando addirittura a sbagliare il lancio per il trac [...] Fu certo la diretta discendente di Alice Marble [...]» (Gianni Clerici, 500 anni di tennis, Mondadori 2004). «One of the great volleyers in History [...] grew up in Southern California, where she came to prominence as a junior, winning the U.S. 18.and-under title in 1940-1941. ”I had to attack; I didn’t feel very comfortable on defense,”, she said. [...] During the Brough decade a Wimbledon final withoyt her was unusual [...] A willowy blonde, 5-foot-7-1/2, she was quiet and diffident [...]» (Bud Collins, Total Tennis, Sport Media publishing Inc. 2003).