Preparing For The Wimbledon Final…Aspirin, An Earful of Cotton and Panic To Find A Practice Partner - World Tennis Magazine

Preparing For The Wimbledon Final…Aspirin, An Earful of Cotton and Panic To Find A Practice Partner - World Tennis Magazine

The 1973 Wimbledon championships is perhaps more known for the 82 men’s players who boycotted the event in support of Yugoslav player Nikki Pilic’s suspension by his federation. However Jan Kodes was able to navigate through a draw that featured some standouts as Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, Ilie Nastase among others. In the semifinals, he won a dramatic 89 97 57 64 75 match against Britain’s Roger Taylor where the match was delayed by rain with K…