"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships"
- Tracy Austin
About this Quote
Tracy Austin is a former expert tennis player who won three Grand Slam titles and was ranked primary in the world in 1980. This quote is from her autobiography, which details her increase to the top of the tennis world. In the quote, she is describing her very first major tournament, the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships. This competition was kept in California and was among the most prominent competitions in the United States at the time. Austin was just 14 years old when she entered the competition, and she went on to win it. This victory was a major milestone in her career and marked the start of her increase to the top of the tennis world. Austin's success in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships suggested things to come, and she went on to turn into one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
This quote is written / told by Tracy Austin somewhere between December 12, 1962 and today. He/she was a famous Athlete from USA.
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