GRASS COURT PREVIEW
BY BARRY FLATMAN
AS A MULTITUDE OF UMPIRES OVER THE
LAST 30 YEARS WILL CONFIRM, WHEN
JOHN MCENROE TALKS, THE TENNIS
WORLD TAKES NOTICE.
So after a Wimbledon final last year that the verbose New Yorker insists was the
best match of all time, few would dare to argue when he maintains the upcoming
grass court season on the lawns of The Queen’s Club and Wimbledon is something
no true fan should miss.
McEnroe should know. Until Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal staged their battle
royal on Centre Court into the dusk of that damp but magical evening last July, his
final against Bjorn Borg 28 years earlier was regarded an imperious. “I’ve given
it a lot of thought and I’m no longer saying it as a knee jerk reaction but ’08 Nadal
Federer final was the greatest we have ever seen,” he said. “If this doesn’t spark
interest in our sport, I don’t know what will. I can’t wait for this year.”
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