McEnroe blasts ‘bastardised’ tour

JOHN McENROE yesterday blasted the decision to allow 30-year-old former world number one Marcelo Rios to play on the senior tennis circuit.

Fri, 08 Dec, 2006 - 00:00
Mike Sinclair

“It’s totally wrong,” fumed the three-time Wimbledon champion, 17 years the Chilean’s senior.

“Over the years they’ve bastardised the whole thing.”

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