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Negro was known for his all-court game and his ability to hit a wide variety of tricky shots. His tennis prowess was described as "If you told me he could make the ball sit up and beg, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised." He moved to Nice as a child in 1902, where he started out in tennis working
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as a child, who later became a 21-time Grand Slam champion and one of the best women's tennis players in the amateur era. He had also worked as a coach at
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