Why this is a golden age for British tennis
W ho better than John McEnroe to provide an objective view of the state of British tennis? Since his Wimbledon debut as an 18-year-old American qualifier in 1977, he has been back for every championships as a player or a pundit.
'I think now no one looks at it like, 'Oh my god, I hope I play a British guy,' ' he says of the mindset of modern players. 'There might be a couple of wild cards that get in now who would be good draws because they're trying to make it. But for the most part, all the British players in the draw now are legit players.'
It's not quite time to pin up the Union flag bunting, but there is undoubtedly a sense at the All England Club that this is, dare we say it, something of a golden era for British tennis.
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