FORMER Wimbledon ladies’ champion Angela Mortimer Barrett has died at the age of 93. Mortimer – who married ex-player and ...

On July 2, 1977, Björn Borg was matched against Jimmy Connors in the men's singles finals. Borg was pushed to five sets, eventually grasping the victory with a score of 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

For this viewer, year dot for Wimbledon was 1977 and I have devoured every edition of it ever since. I remember where I was – Aviemore – when Borg faced McEnroe in the classic 1980 final.