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.”