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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Kevin Curren and Flushing Meadows

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

Fri 30^th Aug 1985, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The defeat of Kevin Curren by Boris Becker at the 1985 Wimbledon tennis tournament, and the controversy surrounding the new home of the US tennis championship at Flushing Meadows.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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BBC Radio 4 LW

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