Tennis - Next generation hoping to make their mark at Wimbledon


By ToDavis
  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 27 Jun 2017

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Monte Carlo Masters - Monaco, April 19, 2017. Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a shot to Feliciano Lopez of Spain. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - From Boris Becker's acrobatics in 1985 to Roger Federer's languid brilliance in 2003, Wimbledon has provided the stage for many of tennis's most formidable tyros to secure a maiden grand slam trophy.

Yet since Federer clinched the first of his seven Wimbledon crowns, nobody outside of tennis's so-called big four has had a look-in at the All England Club with the Swiss, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray sweeping all before them.

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