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ITF World Spring 2020 07 LINDSAY DAVENPORT INTERVIEW A 20-year-old Lindsay Davenport is in the bowels of the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta as close to 100,000 jubilant onlookers prepare to welcome Team USA to the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. USA are one of the final nations to parade so it has been a long wait for an expectant Davenport, who is alongside her good friends and teammates Mary Joe Fernandez and Monica Seles as well as US coach Billie Jean King. When their moment arrives, a last-gasp curveball is thrown in the form of an inexplicably steep ramp into the auditorium. In a bid to negate any mishaps, the quartet link arms as the sight of their heroes whips the predominantly American crowd into a frenzy. Their arms remain locked as they proceed around the stadium, while King has tears in her eyes. It is quite a recollection and one, nearly 25 years on, which Davenport ranks as one of the most cherished of her distinguished career. For Davenport, this will not be the only memory of King from Atlanta. Fast forward a matter of weeks and the home favourite is preparing to face Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain in the women's gold medal match. "One of the biggest conversations I ever had in Above Davenport and King have shared a long associa on