Wimbledon Memories — 2
Like Soccer, Tennis is also dominated by predominantly white men and Hispanic/Latino.
1. The famous clashes of Borg-McEnroe, Borg-Connors, McEnroe-Connors, Lendl-McEnroe were dominating the late 70s and early 80s, until boom-boom becker dawned upon the scene
2. Still fondly remember the classicos of 80s and 81s. By then we bought the TV and had the privilege to watch the SFs and Finals. I was rooting for JP McEnroe all the time. Nerve wracking matches. 4 setters and 5 setters. McEnroe with a coloured bandanna and yelling at the umpire. On winning, the famous clutch-mudra of Borg.
3. 1982, Mcenroe was playing Connors in the finals. 2–2 even and as usual, the satellite feed went bonkers at the crucial moments. We could not get the result until next day morning. I literally wept, when I heard the McEnroe lost. Next year, it was a sweet revenge against Jimbo. In 1984, he swatted a relatively unknown newzealander, Chris Lewis
4. Nevertheless, Jimbo was a great player. The best service returned and has the high % of service returns (surprisingly, our Ramesh Krishnan and Miloslav Mecir were the # 2 and # 3). Not for nothing, he won 109 tournaments. nevertheless, he was the 2nd/3rd best man from 77–89, until he retired
4. I felt bad, when “ice man” borg was not given the wild card in 1983 (when he abstained from playing after losing to McEnroe in both 81 wimbledon and US open).
Those were great Years!
