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There’s the grunt of 20-year-old men and women whose physical exertions see them compete for prize money of squillions. Yes, squillions. And there are fingers crossed among fans who fear the re-appearance of Cliff Richard, should the rain descend.
This year’s event will leave us gripped, though there’ll be no Boris Becker, no Emma Raducanu – more injuries, poor love – and no Rafael Nadal, who is missing the tournament for the third time in the past four years. Roger Federer will be present, though not as a player, nor a commentator. Instead, he’ll attend to be the guest of honour at a ceremony in which we all tell him how much we love and miss him.
But rewind to the late 1970s and early 1980s and it was all about McEnroe versus Borg. Bjorn Borg was the world’s best player – a cool, unflustered Swede whose graceful procession to titles was disrupted by a brash, New Yorker; John McEnroe. Borg was placid. McEnroe was volatile. They played one another 14 times between 1978 and 1981. Indeed, their rivalry was so intense that after McEnroe’s victory at the US Open in 1981, Borg walked away.
On the receiving end of the tirade was umpire Edward James, who eventually responded by politely announcing: “I’m going to award a point against you Mr McEnroe.”Andy Murray broke a 77-year hoodoo when he became the first British male player to win the Wimbledon crown, in 2013. Edging Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, it completed Murray’s lifetime quest. He had been stopped previously three times in the semi-final and once in the final, in 2012, by Roger Federer.
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