Сюзанн Ленглен: відмінності між версіями
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== Невдалий дебют в Америці ==
Єдиної поразки в одиночному розряді (не рахуючи тих ігор, коли вона знялася перед матчем) упродовж цих років Ланглен зазнала в чемпіонаті США 1921 року. Ланглен поїхала за океан, щоб зібрати гроші для регіонів Франції, що постраждали у Першій Світовій війні. Було заплановано кілька показових ігор проти чемпіонки США [[Молла Меллорі|Молли Б'юрстед Меллорі]], норвежки за походженням.
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Lenglen arrived in New York City the day before the tournament after a stormy and delayed sea voyage, during which she was ill the whole time. Upon arrival, Lenglen learned that, without her permission, tournament officials had announced her participation in the US Championships.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} Because of immense public pressure, she agreed to play in the tournament despite suffering from what was diagnosed later as [[pertussis|whooping cough]]. As a concession, she was given a day to recover. To her surprise, there was no seeding for the event and her name had been drawn to play [[Eleanor Goss]], a leading American player. Goss immediately defaulted, leaving Lenglen to face Mallory in the second round as her first opponent.
In their match, Lenglen lost the first set 6–2 and just as the second set got underway, she began coughing and burst into tears, unable to continue. The crowd jeered her as she walked off the court, and the American press severely criticised her. This worsened when, under doctor's orders after it was confirmed that she was afflicted with whooping cough, she cancelled her exhibition match. Unaccustomed to such treatment, a devastated Lenglen went home.
Once healthy, she set about preparing herself for redemption. In the singles final at Wimbledon the following year, she defeated Mallory in only 26 minutes, winning 6–2, 6–0, reputedly the fastest Ladies' major tournament match on record. The two met again later that year at a tournament in [[Nice, France|Nice]] where, with Lenglen showing her complete mastery of the sport, Mallory failed to win even one game. [[Mary K. Browne]] relates that she asked Lenglen how she greeted Mallory at the net after the game when they met to shake hands. She said that Lenglen told her that after shaking hands she emitted a couple of gentle 'coughs'.
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