What would the Australian writer’s caustic wit make of John McEnroe’s tantrums? By Chris Hall
when it needed funny captions to go with its photo stories, and Wimbledon 1981 was as ripe as a massively overpriced punnet of strawberries .
Accompanying a photo of Ilie Nastase, the original bad boy of tennis, ‘jokingly’ hiding under the canvas at the side of the court, James wrote: ’Sure of a warm reception from his admiring public, Nastase makes a triumphant entry on to the centre court at Wimbledon for the final of the Clowns’ Consolation Cup, which he subsequently lost in straight sets to Dick Emery.’
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