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Jul/12

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Johan Kriek’s Postcard From Wimbledon Via Facebook


Before we went on court yesterday I watched four over 35 guys.. Cedric Pioline and Goran Ivanisevic vs. Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh. It was hilarious! At one stage all four players were sitting on chairs at the net playing hard! Then a dropshot made Ivanisevic jump over the net and ended up playing against his own partner (Cedric Pioline), three against one. Pioline won the point! Then Pioline was so tired he served his first ball off the top of the frame as hard as he could and hit court 3 smack in the middle of a point which was three courts away! We were all watching from the bridge near the lockerroom and we were all in stitches! Guess what! People were hanging off light poles to see these four “oldies” play with 10 people watching a women’s doubles right next to them…..and the U.S. Open canceled ALL senior events in August 2012 due to ” lack of interest”…. What? I would say it is due to lack of understanding how to really make us old guys “help” you USTA dimwits schmooze sponsors and fill courts at the later stages of the second week! How stupid and lazy are you USTA?

I brought my suit to Wimbledon and hung it up next to my locker. An hour later I returned and my suit is missing, shirt, tie et al….come to find out the culprit is one Royal Box clown who came dressed like “dufus”, and they went into the men’s locker room looking for clothing and they took my suit! Somebody is wearing my gray Burberry suit in the Royal box! Catch the thief MI 5….

1 comment

  • Scoop Malinowski · July 5, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Players still talk about some of the antics of Mansour Bahrami during his senior Wimbledon appearances. Bahrami may be the funniest player in history. I love to see the older players show their magic again, it’s a nice change of pace from the all business seriousness of the modern game. How about that story of Johan losing his suit, I’ll try to find out who the guilty party was from his facebook comments. Reminds of the story LeRoy Neiman told me of sitting ringside with Jake Lamotta’s wife and one time she got up to cheer during a fight and by the time she sat down, just a matter of seconds, her fur coat was swiped and gone.

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