50 YEARS ON
Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the personification of grace, will once again be showered in love during the Australian Open, as the nation celebrates five decades since her first AO singles title triumph.
“I feel so grateful to be honoured by Tennis Australia,” the now 72-yearold proud Wiradjuri woman tells New Idea. “My first reaction was that I felt older for a moment! Fifty years is a long time…”
Evonne still has “so many great memories” playing at the Australian Open,