THE SIDELINES : No. 2 Is OK, Navratilova Says
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NEW YORK — She’s dropped to No. 2 in the world rankings behind Steffi Graf, but Martina Navratilova says she doesn’t feel like a tennis failure.
“Failure is in not trying,” Navratilova writes in an article in Glamour magazine. “If I give 100% to the game--physical, mental, emotional--I am satisfied. Even if I lose, I haven’t failed. On the other hand, if I’ve been loafing and I win, there’s not too much personal satisfaction in that; it means only that I have more talent than my opponents.”
Navratilova, 33, said in the article that she has recovered from a brush with tennis burnout, and she proved that Sunday by beating tennis’ latest phenomenon, 14-year-old Jennifer Capriati, to capture the Family Circle Magazine Cup championship in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
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