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be quite a good professional player. In the second
singles match in Oxford I played a guy called Jeremy
Dyer (who was better than he sounds) and I lost by a
similar score which I don’t exactly recall . There was
a doubles at the end of the day which has been
airbrushed from history and I can’t speak about it!
‘Teams in those days were made up of 2 men and 2
ladies.
‘I have less memory of events in Blackpool save that
the matches were much tighter but still did not
manage a victory. I played a guy called Martin
Guntrip , who is regularly on court on the finals day
at Wimbledon but not as a player , rather as secretary
of the All England LT&C Club . I recall this as it was
the first time I had played an opponent with the
oversized Head racquet. It looked huge at first, as if
the opponent only had to reach out and the ball would
be returned. They have since gone out of fashion. I
think they are banned now.’
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singles match in Oxford I played a guy called Jeremy
Dyer (who was better than he sounds) and I lost by a
similar score which I don’t exactly recall . There was
a doubles at the end of the day which has been
airbrushed from history and I can’t speak about it!
‘Teams in those days were made up of 2 men and 2
ladies.
‘I have less memory of events in Blackpool save that
the matches were much tighter but still did not
manage a victory. I played a guy called Martin
Guntrip , who is regularly on court on the finals day
at Wimbledon but not as a player , rather as secretary
of the All England LT&C Club . I recall this as it was
the first time I had played an opponent with the
oversized Head racquet. It looked huge at first, as if
the opponent only had to reach out and the ball would
be returned. They have since gone out of fashion. I
think they are banned now.’
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