"That is not good... yikes!"- Chris Evert echoes Martina Navratilova's complaints about tennis documentary series promo's inaccurate player portrayals
Chris Evert has hilariously echoed Martina Navratilova's sentiments over a tennis documentary series. According to the rival-turned-friends, the series' promo photo contains some notable blunders.
The three-part documentary series, titled Gods of Tennis, chronicles the illustrious tennis careers of legends Evert, Navratilova, Billie Jean King, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Arthur Ashe. Prominent actor and director Dave Morrissey serves as the series' narrator.
Recently, a promo photo of the series surfaced on X (formerly Twitter), which featured stills of all the former greats it revolves around.
However, Navratilova, upon taking notice of it, hoped for the show to be better than the promo photo.
According to the former World No. 1, the photo shows her "playing right-handed" and Evert "playing left-handed", whereas in reality, things worked the other way around for the fierce yesteryear rivals.
"Hope the show (Gods of Tennis) is better than this promo photo as they have Chris playing left handed and me playing right handed," Navratilova wrote on X.
Later, Evert responded to the Czech-American, hilariously expressing horror at how her serving pose had been made to look like Navratilova's in the photo.
"Omg, that is not good... my serving pose looks like yours! yikes!" Evert wrote in reply to Navratilova.
Chris Evert recently lauded Martina Navratilova for her speech to induct Leander Paes into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Both Evert and Navratilova were in attendance at the International Tennis Hall of Fame recently for the induction of Leander Paes, Vijay Amritraj, and Richard Evans. Navratilova delivered a brief speech before formally inviting Paes onto the stage, and the Czech-American was full of praise for her former doubles partner, hailing the Indian doubles legend as an "artist" and a "virtuoso".
"He (Paes) was an artist on the court, an amazing athlete, a virtuoso... He wielded the tennis racquet like an orchestra conductor wields the baton. Leander, it was truly my honor to play against you. I enjoyed it a lot more when I played with you. You have done your family proud, you have done our sport proud and most of all, you have done India proud," Navratilova said.
Later, Evert hailed Navratilova's speech by writing on X:
"Great speech; you go girl!"
Evert rose to prominence in tennis in the 1970s, eventually becoming the top-ranked women's tennis player in the world. However, from the late 1970s, Navratilova began to stamp her authority on tennis' biggest stages as well. A rivalry of epic proportions ensued, which is, to this day, considered one of the greatest in the history of women's tennis.
The duo played each other on a staggering 80 occasions, with the latter leading the pair's head-to-head 43-37.