Old-timers show young guns how it is done at Wimbledon

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LONDON: The older generation gave tennis's tyros a lesson in staying power on Monday as a string of golden oldies, led by the 40-year-old Ivo ...

LONDON: The older generation gave tennis's tyros a lesson in staying power on Monday as a string of golden oldies, led by the 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic, stormed into the second round at Wimbledon.

At 37-years-old, Feliciano Lopez's career should be winding down to a close and yet - having lifted the singles and doubles titles at Queen's - he has a spring in his step that carried him into the second round at Wimbledon. There were 47 men aged 30 in this year's main draw, not far off the Grand Slam record of 51 at the French Open in 2016.

 

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