The only British woman to have won titles at all four Grand Slams,fake uggs for sale Virginia Wade broke through on July 1, 1977, in a three-set victory over Betty Stöve. The real upset, though, was the semifinal match, when the Brit toppled No. 1 seed Chris Evert in a stunner. At the time, she told The Guardian: “Winning Wimbledon was the thing that made my career worthwhile.” For 36 years after that, Virginia Wade was infamously known as the “last British player” to win Wimbledon — all the way to 2013, when Andy Murray finally broke through.
It didn’t matter that Jimmy Connors was the reigning Wimbledon champion, or that he had a 99-4 record in 1974. As Arthur Ashe said later to the Tennis Channel: “fake uggsI had the strangest feeling that I couldn’t lose.” And he was right. The 7th-seed player toppled the best tennis player in the land in four sets in 1975, becoming the first Black man to win Wimbledon.
Give Jimmy Connors his due, though: He emerged on the winning side of the upset calendar when he rode an unlikely hot streak through the 1991 U.S. Open. On the day of his 39th birthday, he somehow eked out a grueling five-set, fourth-round win over Aaron Krickstein, Knock off uggswho was 24. While Connors’ run ended in the semifinals, the gutsy match lives on in tennis lore.
Spanish star Rafael Nadal was so dominant at the French Open in Paris that he hadn’t lost a match there since his debut in 2005. That changed when Nadal met 23rd-ranked Robin Söderling, a Swedish tennis stud who shocked the world by winning in the fourth round of the 2009 French Open in four sets.
Mark Edmondson was unseeded entering the 1976 Australian Open, meaning he wasn’t even considered good enough to be included with the other contenders. He was ranked No. 212 in the world, but turned in one of history’s great runs by beating John Newcombe in the final. He wouldn’t win another Grand Slam singles title, but did manage doubles championships in 1980, 1981,Fake ugg boots 1983 and 1984, all at the Australian Open. To this day, he is the last Aussie to win their home singles tournament.
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