A woman leaves a red rose on the headstone of George Best's grave in Belfast on Tuesday. PhotogrCharles McQuillan/Getty Images)
For a few years after the turn of the century, Goran Ivanisevic and Lleyton Hewitt had their glory days in Wimbledon’s Centre Court.
Then Roger Federer burst on to the scene, and the Fed express would take hold of the championships in 2003 and not let go for five straight years.
They were the days of Venus and Serena Williams, athleticism with sass and attitude. Combined, the sisters sacked the trophy room and brought some rock’n’roll to the All-England Club.
In those years I stayed at a hotel in South Kensington for the Wimbledon fortnight and twice each day walked up and down Cromwell Road to get to the Gloucester Road train station.
From there it was a straight seven-stop run on the District Line
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