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- the government became
- interested in sports.
-
- Both of MartinaΓÇÖs parents
- were good tennis players,
- and her grandmother had been one of
- CzechoslovakiaΓÇÖs best players in the years
- before World War II.
-
- Martina played in her first tournament when
- she was only 8 years old. She reached the
- semi-finals. Officials were glad she lost
- because she was embarrassing players five
- and six years older than her. At 14, Martina
- won her first national title.
-
- In 1973, when she was just 16, Martina
- came to the United States for the first
- time to play in a tournament. She
-