Very rarely does the span of a player’s stay on the heights of singles play in lawn tennis exceed 10 years. The most notable exception is the- case of Tilden, who was in Davis Cup tennis for 11 consecutive years. But Tilden did not enter the Davis Cup competition until, lie was 27 years ol age. Borotra i;s stijll ..in the Davis Cup matches, 11 years after lie first came into them. He was 22 years old in his first year in these matches. Borotra is a shining example of the vitality and stamina of the Basque race. Bnt contrast the cases of McGrath and Borotra. The Basque is 3o now. If McGrath is still in Davis Cup teams at 3o he will have had 18 years of this class of tennis. And that can be. put down, in the fact of all experience, as an impossibility. if McGrath proves to be no exception to the general rule he will not survive in Davis Cup tennis beyond the age ol 27 or 28, which is less than the average of the players in this year’s final!
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 26 August 1933, Page 8
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186Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 26 August 1933, Page 8
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