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Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)
Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)

Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)

Date8/8/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Bassett, seeded eighth, moves into quarterfinals of the Players Challenge against Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia today.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Object NumberTSPA_0031056F
      A wicked smash is administered from baseline by John Alexander during centre-court 5-7, 7-6, 6-1 triumph over fellow Aussie Fred Stotte yesterday, ope(...)
      A wicked smash is administered from baseline by John Alexander during centre-court 5-7, 7-6, 6-1 triumph over fellow Aussie Fred Stotte yesterday, ope(...)
      Spremo, Boris
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      Navratilova, Martina, 1956-
      1/1/1981
      Kaiser Boris: Boris Becker returns a shot yesterday en route to a 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), semifinal victory over Jonathan Canter at the Player's International tournament at York University
      Kaiser Boris: Boris Becker returns a shot yesterday en route to a 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), semifinal victory over Jonathan Canter at the Player's International tournament at York University
      Becker, Rosa
      8/16/1986
      Mutt and Jeff? At 5-foot-10, Saskatchewan Roughrider quarterback Ron Lancaster is no midget, but he looks like a shrimp alongside rookie defensive end Jesse O'Neal, a 6-foot-4 giant who could give winless Argos trouble when the two teams meet tonight at CNE Stadium
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      Barkley, Harold
      7/31/1975
      Whack! Michael Chang hammers a shot back at Pete Sampras en route to a 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 victory yesterday in the semifinals of the Canadian Open. T(...)
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      Chang, Michael, 1972-
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      Digusted: Carling Bassett of Toronto looks dejected after shot against Billie Jean King during losing exhibition match last night
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      Bassett, Carling
      10/5/1983
      Giant-killer: Roger Taylor, who twice has upset Rod Laver in past, set stage for another meeting as he beat John Newcombe, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, at Coliseum last night
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/15/1970
      1. George Jamieson, 2. Don Munro, 3. Martin Stringer, 4. Brooke Forbes, 5. Barbara Budd, 6. Lynda Shorten, 7. Anna-Liza Kozma, 8. Corinne Clark, 9. Ga(...)
      1. George Jamieson, 2. Don Munro, 3. Martin Stringer, 4. Brooke Forbes, 5. Barbara Budd, 6. Lynda Shorten, 7. Anna-Liza Kozma, 8. Corinne Clark, 9. Ga(...)
      Lautens, Richard
      2/26/1994
      Fourth seed ousted: Sylvia Hanika had her game going on this shot, but she couldn't put it together enough to avoid a 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4 loss to American Kathy Jordan
      Fourth seed ousted: Sylvia Hanika had her game going on this shot, but she couldn't put it together enough to avoid a 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4 loss to American Kathy Jordan
      Hanika, Sylvia
      8/18/1983
      Fifteen-year-old patient Darcy Azzopardi beams as baseball star Reggie Jackson signs his cast and tennis whiz Carling Bassett looks on. The sports cel(...)
      Fifteen-year-old patient Darcy Azzopardi beams as baseball star Reggie Jackson signs his cast and tennis whiz Carling Bassett looks on. The sports cel(...)
      Bassett, Carling
      5/14/1985
      Living it up, World's tallest man, Christopher Paul Greener (7-foot-6) dwarfs Doug Birrell (5-foot-4) of Ripley's Museum, Niagara Falls, who met him a(...)
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      Lennon, Frank
      8/18/1979
      Leapin' Lee: Bruce Jays second baseman Manny Lee acrobatically avoids a hard-sliding Jim Rice of the Red Sox in the fourth inning yesterday and relays the ball to first base to complete a 6-4-3 double play
      Leapin' Lee: Bruce Jays second baseman Manny Lee acrobatically avoids a hard-sliding Jim Rice of the Red Sox in the fourth inning yesterday and relays the ball to first base to complete a 6-4-3 double play
      Griffin, Doug
      9/21/1986