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Article: A pair of veterans show they're far from finished.(Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi won French Open with perseverance and hard work)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 11, 1999
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While Wimbledon, which begins June 21, is the greatest of the tennis championships, the just-concluded French Open in Paris is the most romantic, the most passionate, and, thus, often the most emotional.
It's the nature of the French people to routinely bring all these qualities to things they care about the most, like food, art, and, for sure, the French Open. It doesn't dampen their ardor that the event has not been won by a French citizen since Charlemagne was a toddler, or thereabouts.
Indeed, the 1999 French Open was a magnificent souffle of wonderment.
That's because both winners - Steffi Graf for the women and Andre Agassi for the men - ...
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... ... Images 06-05-1999 Steffi Graf Full Size JPG (583 KB) 5 Jun 1999: Steffi Graf of Germany celebrates ... trophy after the 1999 French Open Final match against Martina ... The match finished with Steffi Graf of Germany clinching ...
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