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Martina Navratilova

In 1978, Martina Navratilova won her first ever Grand Slam championship at Wimbledon.

Navratilova's victory followed her dramatic defection from Czechoslovakia and signalled the start of her domination of women's tennis.

Martina Navratilova talks to Sporting Witness.

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