Masters tennis may establish ‘world champion’
NZPA-AFP New York
With all four Grand Slam tennis titles going to different players last year, the Masters Tournament which starts in New York today takes on more than usual significance.
The Wimbledon chameion, John McEnroe, the Inited States Open champion, Jimmy Connors, the Australian open champion, Mats Wilander, and, to a lesser degree, the French Open winner, Yannick Noah, will be staking claim to the International Federation’s unofficial title of world champion, although the computer rankings have already gone in McEnroe’s favour.
McEnroe had to get
through a more talented field at Wimbledon, but Wilander beat him in both Paris and Melbourne. Connors had his worst Wimbledon for years, but recovered to win the United States title at Flushing Meadow, while Noah’s year went flat after his victory at Roland Garros, and he is only recently back in action after a lengthy absence because of a knee tendon injury. Czechoslovakia’s Ivan Lendl, the biggest loser in 1983, will be keen to retrieve something at Madison Square Garden and retain the title he has won for the last two years. A win by Lendl would further complicate the task of selecting the men’s world champion for 1983.
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