SI Vault Curry Kirkpatrick July 12, 1976 On Friday, Chris Evert
glittered, on Saturday Bjorn Borg shone, both exulting in their
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All Articles View This Issue 1 2 3 4  Ashe said he was "dead" in
the third set. He said he "coasted" in the fourth when he fell
too far behind. But in the 10th game of the fifth Gerulaitis
rudely snatched the contest from him with four clean machine-gun
returns.  "I guessed right four times," Vitas said after his
4-6, 8-9, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 upset. "This match will last a whole
year for me." Or at least for two days, until he was defeated by
Ramirez.  Ashe, subdued but dignified as always, said, "The
thing won't sink in until tomorrow, but I can tell you it hasn't
been relaxing going around being called 'the champion.' "  A man
whom they weren't calling champion—one of the few things they
weren't calling him—and still won't, was Connors. This was
supposed to be Jimbo'