Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci has been a legend ever since her historic perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. In the uneven bars, she became the first woman to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics. Other than Comaneci, no other female athlete has achieved this feat. Recently, the 60-year-old posted some of her athletic moves on social media. After seeing that, legendary tennis player, Chris Evert made a hilarious reaction.?
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Chris Evert reacts after seeing Nadia Comaneci stretching
On Twitter, the famous Olympian, Nadia Comaneci, posted a video of her athletic prowess. It was truly amazing to see her tremendous flexibility even at the age of 60. As she shared the video, in the caption, she wrote, ?Warmup? stretching? flexibility?a little movement.. motivation.. with no age.?
Later, 18-time Grand Slam champion, Chris Evert reacted to this which was really funny. She retweeted, ?You?re a marvel.. I would?ve pulled a muscle already???
You’re a marvel.. I would’ve pulled a muscle already…😂😂😂😳😳😳 https://t.co/YKPijlaR9M
— Chris Evert (@ChrissieEvert) April 15, 2022
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Although Chris? reaction was funny, it was truly remarkable to see Nadia do that. It is worth noting that Nadia?s historic performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics earned her a nickname called, ?goddess from Montreal?. The scoreboard could not even show her perfect 10 scores, because it was never been achieved before.?
Evert?s amazing career?
While Nadia was making waves at the Olympics, another legend from another sport, Chris Evert, was also making some noises around the tennis circuit. During her career, she has had an?88.52%?win percentage, which is the best in history in both men’s and women?s sports.?
From her 18 Grand Slam titles, she won 7 French Open titles. Clay was her favorite surface. Also, she liked the hardcourt as well, as she won the US Open six times and the Australian Open two times.?
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In terms of titles, she won the second most number of singles titles in the history of the sport, i.e. 157. Only Martina Navratilova won (167) more titles than her. Meanwhile, the rivalry between Navratilova and Evert has been one of the best rivalries in tennis, if not the best. Although Navratilova has a better head-to-head record against Evert, the American tennis players won most of their meetings in the beginning.?
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Will we see another rivalry like Evert and Navratilova in the future? Let us know in the comments.