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on
which
she
used
to
sip
on
between
games.
The
practise
seemed
to
help
her
as
she
would
almost
inevitably
play
better
once
the
brandy
started
hitting
her.
Martina
Navratilova’s
Journey:
From
Big
Macs
to
Steamed
Vegetables!
While
Martina
Navratilova
remains
perhaps
the
greatest
ever
tennis
player
in
history
with
59
Grand
Slam
titles
to
her
name,
all
of
it
didn’t
happen
overnight.
In
fact
Navratilova
caved
in
to
her
cravings
for
fast
food
far
too
often
in
her
early
days
when
she
moved
from
Czechoslovakia
to
the
US.
At
one
point
in
time,
Martina
recalls
that
she
was
20
pounds
overweight
and
started
to
go
by
the
name
“The
Great
Wide
Hope”.
Navratilova
however
turned
her
career
around
by
banning
cheese
burgers
and
having
just
steamed
vegetables
through
her
playing
career.
Set
Menu
for
a
Wimbledon
title:
Goran
Ivanisevic’s
secret
Goran
Ivanisevic’s
Wimbledon
triumph
of
2001
is
by
far
the
most
romantic
of
stories
about
a
player’s
lone
Grand
Slam
triumph.
The
Croat
had
missed
out
on
the
title
three
times
in
the
past,
and
in
2001
he
decided
to
not
take
any
chances.
Apart
from
not
shaving
or
having
a
shower
all
through
the
tournament,
Goran
actually
stuck
to
the
same
food
too.
After
a
starter
of
fish
soup
he
would
have
lamb
and
chips,
following
that
up
with
some
ice
cream
with
hot
chocolate
sauce
for
15
straight
days
in
the
same
restaurant.
Bjorn
‘Iceman’
Borg:
Unfazed
by
hangovers
too?
Legendary
Swede
Bjorn
Borg
was
nicknamed
‘Iceman’
and
the
reason
for
that
was
his
ice
cool
temper
on
court.
What
it
also
seems
to
go
in
harmony
with
how
he
was
unfazed
the
after
effects
of
alcohol
the
next
day.
According
to
Michael
Mewshaw’s
controversial
book
“Short
Circuit”
which
is
based
on
the
six
months
he
spent
with
the
biggest
stars
on
tour
during
the
80s
Borg
used
to
have
“Plenty
of
beers,
cheeseburgers
and
also
some
cocaine
at
times”
in
the
never
ending
nights
during
a
tournament.