I won two ITF tournaments in Japan in two weeks. I had to qualify for both of them, which meant that I won 16 matches in 15 days.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.
I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.
I want to win as many tournaments as I can.
I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was about eight in the world at the time.
I went from two-minute matches when I started with NXT to eight, to 10, to 12.
It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put in the effort to win every match I played and it went on for weeks, months and years until my defeat to Ross Norman in Toulouse in 1986.
It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won my first world championship, which was amazing to me, and in a very real sense, that was the first real victory I had.
I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
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