BBCNEWS BBC News September 10, 2021 21:54:00
Open, and the 18—time grand slam champion martina navratilova says it's even more impressive that she has reached the final as a qualifier, which has never been done before. the speed with which she did it, nobody could have predicted it. it's really outstanding. and she did it the hard way, she qualified. she didn't get the wild card, she didn't waltz in here, saying, i got to a run of 16. she did the hard way. and i think it paid off because she didn't play that well at the beginning of the tournament, and the qualifying. but she grew with each match and got better and better. but we knew ...