Nastase

British

/ nəˈstæsɪ /

noun

Ilie (ˈiːliː). born 1946, Romanian tennis player

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The men's champion - Ilie Nastase - took home $25,000.

From BBC • May 30, 2023

Nastase has shown how to use the AdS/CFT duality to study a strongly coupled initial state of the universe.

From Scientific American • Nov. 30, 2022

Adidas would go on to name tennis shoes after Rod Laver, Ilie Nastase and Boris Becker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022

But earlier in that set, Gorman had tweaked his back and he knew there was no way he could play the next day against Ilie Nastase for the title.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

Abe Segal was well known for his clowning on the tennis court, much in the fashion of the Rumanian, Ilie Nastase.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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