Tennis Is Served...: Oz: Triumph and Disaster…

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Thursday 27 January 2011

Oz: Triumph and Disaster…

Rudyard-Kipling

The last male Brit to win a Slam was Fred Perry in 1936.

Rudyard Kipling died that same year.

Murray was, somewhat portentously, quoting Kipling in the aftermath of the Rafa loss.

Draw your conclusions.

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