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Tennis great Chris Evert has hailed former US President Jimmy Carter for returning to his philanthropic work just a day after suffering a severe fall at his home.
Back in 2019, Jimmy Carter, who was 95 at that time, suffered a minor pelvic fracture after falling at his home in Plains, Georgia. Despite this, the longest-living former US President travelled to Nashville the next day to kick off the 36th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project with Habitat for Humanity.
Chris Evert recalled the incident on her Twitter account and praised Carter, who is now 98 years old and receiving hospice care at home due to Melanoma. The 18-time Grand Slam champion wrote:
"All about giving, a stellar human being."
Chris Evert recalls a valuable piece of advice her father gave her when she was a child
Chris Evert recently recalled a valuable piece of advice her late father and coach Jimmy Evert gave her when she was a child.
The American can be seen in a 2021 video revealing her father's advice, which came when she was 12 years old and started "cussing" and breaking rackets. Seeing this, her father advised her not to show any emotion to her opponent, as doing so would give them the impression that they had the upper hand.
"I was practicing about 12 years old and I started cussing and broke a couple of rackets and my dad, who was my coach was on the court and he said 'If you show your opponent that you are upset, they are gonna be really happy about that and they are gonna go uh-huh, I have her'. He goes, 'Don't show your opponent any emotion and I promise you that will give you like two games a set'," she said.
She also revealed the origin of her nickname, 'The Ice Maiden', saying it came after she followed her father's advice and built a reputation for being composed on the court.
"Once I was that way, it came easy to me. Everybody expected me to be that way, so then I had an image and I was dubbed 'The Ice Maiden'. So then, of course, I couldn't come out of my bubble and all of a sudden be flamboyant and expressive and throw my racquet," Evert said.
Chris Evert recently shared the video on Twitter, stating that she still believes it was good advice.
"I still think this was good advice!!!" she wrote.
The American tennis star's iconic Hall of Fame career saw her win 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles. Additionally, she held the top spot in the world rankings for 260 weeks and finished the year as the World No.1 singles player seven times (1974–1978, 1980, 1981).
