"(About Ilie Năstase) He called me Maccarone. He knew I was superstitious. We met in doubles at Roland Garros, me with Bertolucci, him with José-Luis Clerc, the Argentine. I was about to serve, I looked up, and I saw him with a black cat in his arms. Nastase had got himself a black cat and brought it onto the court. At Roland Garros."
January 1, 1970
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