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1971: Tennis

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The revolution in tennis that began with the sanctioning of open competition between amateurs and professionals in 1968 still had its aftermath this year. Far from settling the game's problems, the gold-rush boom that it launchedwith ever-increasing prize money for the players, commercial sponsors... ...

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