Here’s Beyond Center Court’s Austin on the first set of her final against Chris Evert at the 1979 US Open: “At 2-3, I broke Chris, then she broke me, and I broke her again, so we were at 4-4.” And on her epiphany after winning that final: “I immediately knew what I had done, which was to win the US Open, and I was thrilled.” Tracy Austin on the psychic rigors of pro competition: “Every professional athlete has to be so fine-tuned mentally.” Tracy Austin on her parents: “My mother and father never, ever pushed me.”
