CONTROVERSY ARISES OVER FOREIGN TENNIS PLAYERS IN US OPEN

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Event Date(s): 08/26/1986 | Event Location(s): Wimbledon;Paris;Melbourne;Queens;New York City;Stratton Mountain;Vermont;New York State;Australia;England;France | Description: CONTROVERSY ARISES OVER FOREIGN TENNIS PLAYERS IN US OPEN WIMBLEDON CHAMP BORIS BECKER RAISES ARMS TRIUMPHANTLY AT WIMBLEDON STADIUM. ON 6-8-86 IN PARIS IVAN LENDL HOLDS UP TROPHY AFTER WINNING FRENCH OPEN. ON 12-9-85 IN MELBOURNE AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN SWEDISH WINNER STEFAN EDBERG SHAKES HANDS WITH OPPONENT. ON 9-8-85 IN QUEENS IVAN LENDL JUMPS TRIUMPHANTLY AFTER WINNING US OPEN. IN INTERVIEW US TENNIS ASSOCIATION PRES RANDY GREGSON (PH) SAYS TENNIS HAS HAD PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. ON 8-10-86 IN STRATTON MOUNTAIN; VT; LENDL VOLLEYS WITH BECKER AT VOLVO TENNIS OPEN. IN INTERVIEW US DAVIS CUP TEAMS TOM GORMAN MAINTAINS US WAS SPOILED IN 70S WHEN MCENROE AND JIMMY CONNORS DOMINATED TENNIS. MCENROE SERVES ON COURT. COVER OF TENNIS MAGAZINE FEATURING PICTURE OF MCENROE SEEN. CONNORS RETURNS MCENROES SERVE. NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER CLUBHOUSE AND PLAYERS VOLLEYING SEEN. IN INTERVIEW FORMER PRES OF TENNIS PLAYERS UNION HAROLD SOLOMON STATES UNION USED TO HAVE GREAT ATHLETES. IN INTERVIEW TENNIS WRITER AND COMMENTATOR BUD COLLINS CONTENDS TENNIS IS CYCLICAL. TENNIS PLAYERS VOLLEY AT SHEARSON-LEHMAN AMERICAN EXPRESS TOURNAMENT. GREGSON MAINTAINS HE WANTS TO DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTER AND ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TOP PLAYERS. COLLINS ASSERTS US SHOULD NOT BECOME THE EAST GERMANY OF TENNIS. GORMAN ASSERTS GOOD PLAYERS CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED. GREGSON STATES US WILL HAVE MORE CHAMPIONS IN THE FUTURE. BECKER VOLLEYS AT SHEARSON-LEHMAN AMERICAN EXPRESS TOURNAMENT. VALERIANI STANDS NEAR COURT AT NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER. TA; UNABLE TO ESTABLISH ALL DATES; IDS; AND LOCATIONS Producers: NBC