“How does it feel to walk out onto center court at Wimbledon?” is a question I’ve been asked many times.
It’ s a question iIhad asked myself ever since I was a nine year old playing mock Wimbledon finals against my brother, Mark, in the courtyard of our Mt Albert, Auckland home.
I had to wait fifteen years before I could answer it.
Still, no matter how many times you’ve asked yourself what it would be like, no matter how many times you’ve dreamed about it becoming a reality, no matter how many times you’ve mentally rehearsed it, nothing fully prepares you for the overwhelming emotional response you feel upon stepping out in front of the 15,000 people surrounding one of the most famous sporting arenas in the world.
There is no other place on the international tennis circuit that demands as much from the players emotionally as the Wimbledon Center Court.
Having played on the respective center courts at the Australian (when it was at Kooyong), the French, and the US Opens (when it was at Forest Hills), I can say that, although they each have a unique atmosphere, none comes close to matching...
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