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And there were big names from yesteryear, too, of course: Billie Jean King, Rod Laver, Chris Evert, Bjorn Borg — he and McEnroe, fierce rivals in the 1980s, hugged each other — Stefan Edberg and Goran Ivanisevic.

That was where Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe broke the color barrier, where players like Bill Tilden, Billie Jean King, Rod Laver and Jimmy Connors all won titles.

It was called a “king post truss,” and was very similar to the king rod bridge.

Uncle Ed told us that the 105 structure might be called a “king rod truss,” except that in place of rods we had used wires.

The King Rod Bridge. ends of the spars were nailed together and their lower ends were firmly planted about four feet apart in the banks of the brook.