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| | The New York Times: This Day In Sports |
 | | MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) [Thursday]-Helena Sukova, a teenager from Czechoslovakia, ended Martina Navratilova's hopes of winning a record seventh consecutive Grand Slam tournament today when she defeated the world's top-ranked player, 16, 63, 75, in the semifinals of the $1.28 million Australian Open championship at suburban Kooyong. |
 | | Miss Sukova, 19, the daughter of a former Wimbledon finalist, Vera Sukova, served superbly as she became only the second player to defeat Miss Navratilova this year. |
 | | From her loss to Hana Mandlikova in the finals of the Virginia Slims of California in January to her defeat by Helena Sukova here, she won 74 consecutive matches. |
| www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/12.06.html (666 words) |
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