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Royal Ascot and Tennis

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International Tennis
The BMW Championships from Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. Martina Navratilova, former Wimbledon Champion and winner of this tournament in 1978, heads this year's entry. The Czech, Hana Mandlikova, who defeated Martina in the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year, will be the main opposition along with American teenager, Andrea Jaeger.

Royal Ascot
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you four races on Ladies' Day-when the fashions vie for attention with Gold Cup runners.
2.30 Cork and Orrery Stakes (Group 3. 6f)
3.5 Norfolk Stakes (Group 3. 5f)
3 45 The Gold Cup (Group1 2m 4f) The magnificent Ardross, unbeaten in Britain for 21 months, bids for his second Gold Cup with its prize of over £40,000.
4.20 King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2 1m 4f): 'The Ascot Derby'
Michael Stoute's colt, Electric, is among the fancied runners.
Introduced by Julian Wilson
Fashions described by Eve Pollard

Contributors

Presenter (Royal Ascot):
Julian Wilson
Commentator (Royal Ascot):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Royal Ascot):
Jimmy Lindley
Commentator (Royal Ascot):
John Hanmer
Fashions described by:
Eve Pollard
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Johnnie Watherston
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Alastair Scott
Television Presentation (Ascot):
Richard Tilling
Editor:
Harold Anderson

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