P138 CEEFAX 138  Tue  4 Sip  23:46/25
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    US OPEN, Flushing Meadow   
                                        
 Martina Navratilova iu undi1putedl8 vhs
 best woman plazju in the would, b4t she
 faces a giant-sized task in the quarter
 -finals.                               
                                        
 For on the othjt side of the net whml  
 be the 6 ft 1 ins Helena Sukova of     
 Czechoslovakia.                        
                                        
 "She is tough," said Navrathlova.      
 Anzonj that tall is hard to plaa       
 because when they come to the net it'1 
 hard to get th  ball b  them."         
                                        
 Sukova has already used her height to  
 advantage in the tournament, ousting   
 the number nine seed Lisa Bond   (Ui)  
 4-6 7-5 6-4.