Except among people who wish to understand a sport, tennis in the present case, in its historical setting, the name William Renshaw is unlikely to ring a bell. The record that Renshaw had set in the 1880s — winning Wimbledon six times uninterrupted — is unbroken to date. Bjorn Borg could not break it, though he came close to equalling the record by winning the tournament five times on the trot. Nor did Pete Sampras, but he set another record by winning Wimbledon seven times (that record too has been broken). And Roger Federer, whom some glibly describe as the
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