New Delhi, June 18 -- There is, we admit readily, no universal way of drawing up any definitive list of anything in tennis. Despite all of Roger Federer's scintillating success in the sport, there are many willing to debate, at the merest drop of a tennis visor, whether he is the best ever, or merely a pretender. "Can you be the best tennis player ever if another player beats you six times in eight Grand Slam final matches?" begins one recent article on the Internet that claims the title of "Greatest of All Time" for Jimmy Connors.
Drawing up a list of best Wimbledon matches is harder still. Besides mere superlatives-most aces, longest match, most match points saved-there are so many other things that could determine the "greatness" of a particular match. Did it signify the end of an era? The beginning of another? Did the loser break down in tears after the match a la Jana Novotna in 1993? Or did it simply feature superb tennis?
The following list of the 10 best ever Wimbledon matches-five for each sex-is a mixed bag comprisingall those things. Feel free to disagree.
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