Martina Navratilova's former companion says there was no other way to resolve their financial differences than by challenging the tennis star in court. Judy Nelson, a former Fort Worth beauty queen and mother of two, has filed a lawsuit seeking half of the assets earned by the reigning Wimbledon singles champion during their seven-year relationship. "If I could have it any other way, I would," Nelson said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC.
Navratilova, 34, was served with the lawsuit the day before she left for England, where she is seeking her record 10th Wimbledon singles title. The Czechoslovakia native contends Nelson maliciously timed the suit to pressure her into a settlement.But Nelson, 45, who remains in the Aspen, Colo., home the two shared, said she had tried without success to negotiate with Navratilova since the player broke off their relationship last April. "There's never a good time for something like this," Nelson told the Dallas Times Herald in Sunday's editions. "I tried everything I could to have it done before Wimbledon."