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[johnyandell]

Watched every second on TV

[glacierguy]

As well as the tennis, what I remember keenly were the emotional swings in the crowd - initially, definitely pro-McEnroe; but after the first set, we didn't want our champion (Borg) to be defeated so easily; then the 4th set back behind McEnroe; and after that tie-break we were all emotionally drained and in awe. I know I was incredibly lucky.

[johnyandell]

Wish I had been there...

[stotty]

Me too! Had to double check the date for one of my seminal tennis experiences. Went as a teenager with my sister, and were offered £200 a ticket by a scalper - loads of money! But we couldn't decide whether we'd pretend to our Dad that we'd actually watched the match, or not, and turned down the money....

That match was worth a £1000 a ticket...priceless actually. You were outrageously lucky.

[glacierguy]

Me too! Had to double check the date for one of my seminal tennis experiences. Went as a teenager with my sister, and were offered £200 a ticket by a scalper - loads of money! But we couldn't decide whether we'd pretend to our Dad that we'd actually watched the match, or not, and turned down the money....

[johnyandell]

The problem is my age.

[stotty]

Ha, was that 1981?

It was. A man of your age ought to have known that like the back of his hand! Don't worry, I won't tell Bjorn.

[johnyandell]

Ha, was that 1981?

[glacierguy]

The promotion piece for the book Epic, at the bottom of the Stefano Tsitsipas profile, says McEnroe won 1980 WImbledon. I was there. He didn't .

[johnyandell]

OK good point!

[ferli001]

just wanted to note fyi that when I click the link at the bottom of an article to go to the forum discussion, I get directed to this central forum page instead of to the thread stemming from the article.

[jimlosaltos]

Like the new design!
FYI: I tested uploading an image and got an error message: "Image resize failed due to your image library not having support for this image type"
The image was a standard .JPG of only 109 KB.

[johnyandell]

Ok!

[ferli001]

never mind, I found it -- on the right side of the page. Ignore previous message.

[ferli001]

Hi John, I like the new page look but I can't find on it the "search button" -- it used to be at the bottom of the page. It was a useful feature to look up something and find the pages where it shows. I used it as a quicker alternative for finding, say, Gordon's probation video or seeing all the listings for "serve". best, Susanna