Wimbledon tennis player and new Dame Ruia Morrison. That is how Ruia Morrison, the 85-year-old tennis icon, has described her initial reaction to being made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday honours. Interviewing Dame Ruia was a bit of a challenge. Wimbledon tennis player and new Dame Ruia Morrison. Fate intervened, propelling young Ruia Morrison on to the international stage of a then amateur sport.
Source: New Zealand Herald June 06, 2021 17:26 UTC