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Article: Jana Novotna meets Martina Hingis in final on Saturday.(Originated from Knight-Ridder NEwspapers)
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- July 4, 1997
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WIMBLEDON, England _ There is only one way for Jana Novotna to change the opinion.
There is only one way to make people forget the terrible double faults and the balls that sat in the air waiting for her to volley them, only to be mishit into the Royal Box.
There is only one way to make people forget the pathetic image of her sobbing on the starchy shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after collapsing _ ``choking,'' if you must _ in losing the 1993 Wimbledon final to Steffi Graf. She had led by 4-1 in the third set, had been five points away from victory.
The only way to make all those terrible images go away will be for Novotna, 28 years ...