ERRATUM: THERE IS A GLARING MATHS ERROR IN THE ABOVE DETAILS. THERE WERE 20 YEARS BETWEEN THOSE WIMBLEDON FINALS HENCE HE PLAYED THE LAST ONE AT AGE 39, NOT 49. NEVERTHELESS, MY HAT REMAINS OFF TO KEN ‘MUSCLES’ ROSEWALL.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Ken Rosewall
A tiny factoid about Australian tennis player Ken Rosewall. He won 8 Grand Slams, but he played four Wimbledon finals and lost them all. The amazing thing I found out this morning was that the first one was in 1954 (age 19) and the last one was was 1974 (age 49)! Forty bloody nine and he played a Wimbledon final (where he was clobbered by Jimmy Connors, unsurprisingly). Still - hats off to him I say.
ERRATUM: THERE IS A GLARING MATHS ERROR IN THE ABOVE DETAILS. THERE WERE 20 YEARS BETWEEN THOSE WIMBLEDON FINALS HENCE HE PLAYED THE LAST ONE AT AGE 39, NOT 49. NEVERTHELESS, MY HAT REMAINS OFF TO KEN ‘MUSCLES’ ROSEWALL.
ERRATUM: THERE IS A GLARING MATHS ERROR IN THE ABOVE DETAILS. THERE WERE 20 YEARS BETWEEN THOSE WIMBLEDON FINALS HENCE HE PLAYED THE LAST ONE AT AGE 39, NOT 49. NEVERTHELESS, MY HAT REMAINS OFF TO KEN ‘MUSCLES’ ROSEWALL.
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