Tennis star Martina Navratilova has a match next month in a different kind of court.
Texas District Judge Harry Hopkins on Friday rejected a request by Judy Nelson, Navratilova's former companion, to delay the Sept. 9 trial of her palimony lawsuit against the tennis star.Nelson's attorney, Jerry Loftin, wanted more time to prepare his case.
"Now we'll have to scurry and hurry," Loftin said in Forth Worth Friday.
Nelson sued Narvatilova in June, contending she is owed half of the money, property and other assets her former partner earned during their seven-year relationship, which ended earlier this year.
The nine-time Wimbledon women's singles champion had a net worth of slightly more than $10 million as of Dec. 31, 1989, court documents show.