Playbill
June, 1971
In the world of tennis, Wimbledon is the ne plus ultra; and in Centre Court, John McPhee's matchless description of that classic tourney, he elevates sports writing to an art form. "I first saw Wimbledon in 1954, when I was a student at Cambridge," McPhee told us. "The atmosphere--the lawns, the flowers, the people, the strawberries and Devonshire cream--was something all its own, and I have gone back whenever I've had a chance. This article for Playboy is an attempt to do a kind...
