Duchess of Kent intervened to reunite Wimbledon legend with her mother | Tennis | Sport
Following an emotional shopping at Wimbledon, the Duchess of Kent played a very important role in bringing Martina Navratilova together with her family. In 1978, Navratilova won the first of the 21 -year -old crown of nine Wimbledon single crown.
The defective decision of the tennis star was directed by the restrictions of the communist regime on the career, but in the 1975 US Open, he did not inform his family before explaining his flaw to the public. Now, Navratilova, who works as a Pundite, justified his actions at a press conference: “They wanted me to stay more at home with the Czech officials and to establish more relationships. I wouldn’t go out, I could not be the best player in the world.
Tennis Legend and former BBC server Sue Barker told in his book ‘Wimbledon: A Personal History’ During the Wimbledon ceremony, how the Duchess of City with Navratilova made it easier to gather. Following the participation of the royal family, Navratilova’s mother received permission to join Wimbledon the following year.
“Martina was very close to her mother Jana, but she had to leave without saying goodbye and without knowing when she would see her again. I can’t imagine it.”
“When he was presented with a cup by the Duchess of Kent in 1978, Martina told him a little bit of the political situation and why he could not share the dream he had been fed with his family for a long time, and he promised to help Duchess.
“The following year, the Duchess of City intervened in his name and asked the Czech government to give Martina a visa to her mother to watch her play. Jana was allowed to visit each other for the first time for four years. Imagine how overwhelming it should be.”
The 92 -year -old Duchess of City Katharine is married to Prince Edward, the Duke of City, who served as the President of All England Club until 2001. In the 2017 BBC documentary, Wimbledon announced how he helped his family after his speeches in the tournament.
“Duchess helped buy [my mother’s] Visa “, according to Barker, Daily mail. Navratilova added: “After that, I didn’t know if I would see them alive. I didn’t know if I would see them alive.
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“I was stateless when I won my first Wimbledon. [my family] We were able to watch because Czech TV did not show. They showed Wimbledon until I started to win, and then they didn’t. That’s what people knew that I was in the finals – they didn’t show that. “
Although he could not travel to Wimbledon, Navratilova’s family managed to capture the victorious moment from Pilsen near the German border where the match was shown on TV. The following year, he brought an emotional meeting in Wimbledon when his mother Jana was allowed to participate in a two -week visa, an influenced gesture of the Duchess of City.
Navratilova, “My mother ‘came to 79. Desert Island discs “Apparently asked for the Czech government to take my family out, and they had a privilege and left my mother to Wimbledon.”
In 1980, after a five -year hiatus, Navratilova had a heartfelt meeting with his mother, stepfather and little sister in the United States because it was given a one -year visa. Remember the airport scene Washington Post: “I think it was like any scene in which people have met their long -standing relatives at the airport.
Navratilova, a bilateral citizen of the Czech Republic and America, took back Czech citizenship in 2008 thirty years after the defect decision. Wimbledon’s nine championships, the most winning tennis symbol from men or women, the tournament on Monday, the start of this year is expected to be in SW19.
