She was right to be. After another loss at the Open, she was asked what it was about Flushing Meadows that didn’t suit her game. “I’d really like to know the answer,” she said. Petko’s ...
So in 1978, the tournament moved from the cozy club to the grandiose USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing. The 32-year-old complex, renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in ...