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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2014, 01:16 PM Sep 2014

Martina Navratilova gets engaged

NEW YORK -- Tennis great Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend on the big screen of Arthur Ashe Stadium between the US Open men's semifinals.

Navratilova popped the question to Julia Lemigova in the Tennis Channel suite Saturday, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd.

"I was very nervous," Navratilova said later. "It came off. She said yes. It was kind of an out-of-body experience. You've seen people propose at sporting events before, in movies, in real life. Here it was happening to me. It was like I was watching myself do it."

The 57-year-old Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, a mark she shares with Chris Evert. Serena Williams will try to match it in Sunday's women's final.

http://espn.go.com/tennis/usopen14/story/_/id/11477518/2014-us-open-martina-navratilova-proposes-girlfriend-julia-lemigova-big-screen

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Martina Navratilova gets engaged (Original Post) joeybee12 Sep 2014 OP

COOL! marym625 Sep 2014 #1

Yay! Congratulations to them! n/t BeeBee Sep 2014 #2

marym625

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1. COOL!

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Fri Sep 12, 2014, 01:38 PM

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BeeBee

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2. Yay! Congratulations to them! n/t

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Fri Sep 12, 2014, 07:12 PM

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