Wimbledon 1972 3rd R - Jimmy Connors v Adriano Panatta

[Vince Evert]

early Connors ! Now of late there's been quite a lot of milestone matches and highlights of him (and Borg) uploaded over on youtube (whether or not they remain there is another thing). I will try and add these here because they were the two champions that first got me into tennis back in the day.

 

[Kieran]

early Connors ! Now of late there's been quite a lot of milestone matches and highlights of him (and Borg) uploaded over on youtube (whether or not they remain there is another thing). I will try and add these here because they were the two champions that first got me into tennis back in the day.

Thanks for this one!

Ah memories, Harry Carpenter, the great Dan Maskill. I love the way the umpire calls the match while Panatta is still figuring how to chase that smash over the back fence. The linesman sitting cross legged watching the centre service line obviously was MI6, having a day off at the tennis…