Martina Navratilova's tennis art

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Slovak artist Jurak Kralik convinced tennis star Martina Navratilova to spend four years hitting paint-covered tennis balls against 60 large canvases in a practice she calls 'tennising'. The colourful results are now on show in Art Grand Slam at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open

Wed 28 May 2008 07.59 EDT First published on Wed 28 May 2008 07.59 EDT

• Martina Navratilova and Juraj Kralik sit in front of a painting by Navratilova

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• Navratilova has named the technique 'tennising'

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• Prices for the paintings range from £1,500 to £126,000

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• Navratilova expects tennising to become 'a multimillion-dollar business in a couple of years'

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• The artist and tennis star plan to create a franchise combining art, business and charity. Navratilova has said Chris Evert and Pam Shriver may also be invited to make tennis art

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