john mcenroe you cannot be serious wimbledon

‘Some of it was brought on unfortunately by the pandemic, and I would be surprised if any event which can afford it doesn’t end up doing it. ‘I think it is going to happen sooner rather than later. ‘I believe that we are heading towards where there are not going to be any linesmen at all,’ he adds. This leads him to think that the gradual abolition of human officials on court will be among those trends in life accelerated by the pandemic. ‘You have Hawk-Eye and I’m sure that it isn’t 100 per cent accurate but it seems players have accepted it one way or the other.’ McEnroe believes that due to technology advancements there soon won't be human officials

When tournament referee Fred Hoyles is summoned on to court the brash American doubles down: ‘I said he was the pits of the world and that’s exactly what he is!’ James responds in an old-school English way, as if he was in the cast of Are You Being Served?. He gets a point penalty for calling the official the ‘pits of the world’. To review the footage now is to be transported back to a more innocent era but there is still sting in the words of McEnroe, frizzy-hair dancing beneath his headband. The match in question took place on Wimbledon’s long-demolished old Court One, and his dispute with umpire Edward James was sparked when a good-looking ace down the ‘T’ was called out. It makes people remember what you did do so I guess it’s a net positive.’ Obviously you want to be remembered for what you accomplished, in conjunction with the antics. It’s nice in a way to be remembered at all. McEnroe furiously smashed a racket by stamping on the strings and yanking on the handle

John mcenroe you cannot be serious wimbledon