I was near center court with its glittering grass surface
mown in strips where the twenty-two-year-old Jimmy Connors
would play Arthur Ashe, thirty-two and six-foot two in the final.
Connors was the odds-on favorite, having won Wimbledon in 1974.
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I will always remember it too. Unforgettable. Thanks for the memories. Michael.
I congratulate the poet for having brought to us the nuances and the thrill of Jimmy Connors - Arthur Ashe clash in the men's singles final of the Wimbledon 1975 won by Arthur Ashe. I loved reading the poem. Thank you, Michael.
I am glad that someone likes a poem about tennis. Thanks Rajnish.