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...what the future holds for Becker? No question about it, he is an authentic phenomenon on at least three indisputable counts. He is, at 17, the youngest man ever to win Wimbledon, which may be media frazzled but is still by irrational common consent the world's premier tennis tournament. He is also the first unseeded player to do so and the first from Germany. Other unheralded players have used this great stage to announce their arrival at the threshold of greatness (Bjorn Borg, who reached the quarter finals in 1973 at 17; John McEnroe, who gained the semis...
Will the Baby Boomer's Monte Carlo stash someday rival the $60 million Borg is alleged to have there, or will he become just another tennis courtier, serving (and volleying to) its true monarchs? The problem of predicting arises from the ambiguities inherent in any Wimbledon victory and from the mysteries inherent in reading any adolescent's psyche. Since the U.S. Open ceased using grass, and since the major players pretty much abandoned the Australian Open, the computer rankings on which Wimbledon's seedings are based do not have adequate input regarding abilities on what is now the exotic tennis...
There you have a capsule description of Becker, the tangle-footed teenager whose room is often a mess, who forgets to carry money in his pocket and who boogies through life to rock tunes pumped directly brain ward by his stereo headset. His was a Wimbledon of tie breakers, comebacks and an injured ankle, all blithely handled. In the finals, it was Kevin Curren, a decade Becker's senior, who was a bundle of nerves as his percentage of successful first serves (47%) proved. He also seemed befuddled by an opponent who could go all out for everything because...
...unique taste. SERENA WILLIAMS' custom Nike duds (she removed the shin guards before play) at the U.S. Open last week were just the boldest in a long line of fashion statements by the would-be glamazon of tennis. She has served some winners--like a flappy white skirt at Wimbledon this year--but also some line-ball calls, like the catsuit of the 2002 U.S. Open. "I always considered myself as an entertainer," Williams told reporters. Sure, but should she be doing comedy...
...untelevised. And the low-tech wooden racquets and hand-sewn balls would leave today's lawn-tennis professionals shaking their heads in disbelief. This is the sport of real tennis (also known as court tennis or royal tennis), and it's the perfect antidote for anyone still suffering from Wimbledon fatigue...