In the following paragraph the italicized words indicate where two parts of a sentence come together Decide whether the sentence needs a colon to join these parts If so insert it If not mark the spot OK The first spot has been done for you HINT You will need very few colons OK Althea Gibson began playing tennis when she was a young teenager in the 1940s In just over a decade she became one of the world s greatest women tennis players The tennis world began to notice her after only a few years of amateur play she was winning women s singles meets one after the other In 1950 and the years immediately fol lowing she became more and more famous By 1957 58 Althea Gibson the rising young ten nis star was well known on both sides of the Atlantic she was the most respected woman player in Britain and America In both countries she won the national women s singles title for two years in a row 1957 and 1958 The British meet which is called The Wimbledon is generally regarded as the unofficial world championship meet Gibson also played on the U S team at other major meets including the Wightman Cup meet That meet is a special British American meet that pits U S women against British women When Althea Gibson was on the Ste protiv TRANS VU S team the United States won ban bal on de ainus Gibson s retirement from tennis in 1958 was a complete surprise to her fans What reason did she give for her retirement She had decided to become a professional golfer hol