I'd like to be nice, but I'm going to rain a little on Mark Edmondson's party. By my count the field had three players then ranked in the top 20. To Edmondson's credit, he beat two of them, Ken Rosewall (who was 41 at the time) and John Newcombe. People tend to get excited about Edmondson's accomplishment because they see that he was ranked 212. But his ranking is relevant to his accomplishment only if a lot of the top-ranked guys played. The 16th seed, Syd Ball, had an ATP ranking of 116 when the tournament started. The 1976 AO (which started in December 1975) had the field of an ATP 250 today.
Free link to article by Simon Briggs, with some wild and woolly weather in Battle of the Moustaches.
Mark Edmondson interview: I spent a week cleaning windows, then won the Australian Open
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2ade0cc5fe62ed5c
I'd like to be nice, but I'm going to rain a little on Mark Edmondson's party. By my count the field had three players then ranked in the top 20. To Edmondson's credit, he beat two of them, Ken Rosewall (who was 41 at the time) and John Newcombe. People tend to get excited about Edmondson's accomplishment because they see that he was ranked 212. But his ranking is relevant to his accomplishment only if a lot of the top-ranked guys played. The 16th seed, Syd Ball, had an ATP ranking of 116 when the tournament started. The 1976 AO (which started in December 1975) had the field of an ATP 250 today.
you can only play who is in front of you at the time
That’s fair. He had the opportunity and he seized it. Good on him!
I said it last year, I still believe it this year: Djokovic should skip the French and go all in on Wimbledon if he wants that one last slam.
He’s still probably relying on someone knocking out one of the top 2, but more likely there…