Darlene Hard, Strong-Willed Tennis Star Before Pro Era, Dies at Age 85

[ad_1] Darlene Hard, a strong-willed Californian with a power play who won 21 Grand Slam tennis championships as one of the last stars of the amateur age, died in Los Angeles on December 2. He was 85 years old. Anne Marie McLaughlin, spokesperson for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI, who started …