Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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The Heart of A Champion expressed an opinion that the tremendous confidence with which Doris had played the final game that year had no parallel in the entire history of the tournament. The
spectators applauded her victory. It was not merely a victory for getting a top world tennis trophy or a shield but also a victory for one who had faced numerous calamities, sorrow, grief and the like, one after the other during the last few years. Doris Hart was finally the Wimbledon Champion at 26 and had fulfilled her life long dream
Doris Heart to achieve that coveted distinction.
The account of Doris' magnificent performance does not end with her victory in the women's singles. That day she showed her grit and power further making it a golden day in her life and also in the history of lawn tennis. After a short interval, Doris Hart and Shirley Fray walked hand in hand to the court to play the ladies' doubles finals. They were to face the same pair of Los Bourge and Margaret Du Pont who had been winning the ladies' doubles finals continuously since 1948. Everybody thought that this well experienced pair of Bourge and Du Pont would easily make it to the top once again. However, Doris Hart thought otherwise. She again showed the same power and grit which had enabled her to win the ladies' singles a few minutes before. The pair of Doris
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