He also stabbed three other workers, leaving them with serious injuries
"My sister passed away in February, and Martina was there the whole day. She was at the funeral. She was there for the burial. She was at the house for food and stayed until 10 p.m. She and Pam Shriver were the only two players there," Evert said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
"Martina is definitely one of my closest friends right now. We have no competition. There's no tension in our relationship whatsoever. It's a freeing kind of a feeling," Evert said. "I can really enjoy her and her personality now and she can really enjoy me."
The most intriguing matchups - Martina vs. Chrissie, Roger vs. Rafa and both vs. Novak, Pete vs. Andre, Serena vs. Venus, John vs. Jimmy and both vs. Bjorn, no last names necessary - all include at least one Wimbledon final.
"Wimbledon - the sound of the word, in itself, is magical. It's historical. It's different. It's regal," said Evert, a three-time singles champion there. "If you were going to pick one Grand Slam to win, most players would pick Wimbledon."
The five finals between Navratilova and Evert or the three in a row between Navratilova and Steffi Graf. The 9-7 fifth set in fading light between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in 2008. The 18-16 tiebreaker between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980.
"So many tense matches," Federer said about his history with Nadal, "and I think they connect you forever."
McEnroe's serve-and-volley game against Borg's metronomic mastery at the baseline and against Connors' flat backhand and returns.
They also had a role in the other's improvement, much in the way Djokovic said about his series against Federer and Nadal: "We're kind of complementing each other. We're making each other grow and evolve."
"Chrissie dominated more very early, and then there was a period where things were reasonably level. And Martina, starting in '81 and '82, dominated everybody, not just Chrissie. And I thought Chrissie's character really showed when she persevered through those years," said Shriver, who won 20 Grand Slam doubles trophies with Navratilova and played her 43 times in singles, while facing Evert 21 times.
Some symmetry: Evert and Navratilova each wound up with 18 Grand Slam singles championships.
"It really wasn't until the end of our careers, maybe the last five years, that we got along well," Evert said. "Fed Cups brought us together. We became pretty close - as close as two top competitors could become."
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