As a teenager in Sydney, the would-be Wimbledon champion was working towards a singular goal when an act of racism shattered her naivety It was a regular match. Until it wasn’t. In 1969, I was 17 and had been living in Sydney with my tennis coach, Vic Edwards, and his family for several years.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/27/evonne-goolagong-cawley-aboriginal-tennis-champion-book-racism-ntwnfb)