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Former New Zealand tennis player Brett Steven - Source: Photosport -
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Over the long history of Wimbledon there have been some brief encounters, but surely none quicker than Brett Steven's second round doubles match in 1995.
Steven was paired with American Tommy Ho and they came to the year's third grand slam with high hopes.
They had reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros and won the Super 9 event in Indian Wells.
After a first round four set win over a strong Belgian combination they faced the unfancied Cristian Brandi (Italy) and Marcos Ondruska (South Africa) in the second round.
One rally
But the match was all over in a matter of seconds, in the very first rally of the match.
Steven takes up the unlikely story.
"I was serving and the opponent hit the return straight at
Tommy. He turned to receive it and put his back out.
"That was it - it was the end of the game."
Steven reached the doubles quarter-finals in 1994 and 1998, but admits the unfortunate incident with Ho still rankles.
"It was pretty unique and pretty disappointing."
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Post new commentJaycie13100 said on 2009-06-20 @ 19:19 NZDT:
The day when I was a teenaer and a mere boy named Ken Rosewall had to play veteran Drobny and the whole centre-court crowd to come ever so close to the ultimate. Sadly he retired as the greatest player NEVER to have won Wimbledon [or perhaps equal with Ivan Lendl]
cutecasper said on 2009-06-18 @ 17:01 NZDT:
Boris Becker and Stephan Edberg - This is the MATCH to watch....FINAL feels like a FINAL... I love Boris Becker, Its only coz of him i love Tennis..and it is my FAV sport and only sport i play!! .. Cant wait for WIMBLEDON to start...NEVER MISS IT! Since i have started watchin Tennis !
Baseliner said on 2009-06-18 @ 14:26 NZDT:
Becker was a legend! He seemed to have the biggest serve anybody had ever seen and the German always used to do cool tricks with the ball and racquet in between points or when he was walking up to serve.
Kiwi Royal said on 2009-06-17 @ 14:04 NZDT:
1) Watching Lewis beat Curren on tv as a kid in the semis of 1983. 2) Lining up at 2am for tickets on Middle Saturday and only getting them for Court Two! It worked out great though as McEnroe and Graf played Mixed Doubles on the court. 3) Knocking off work early with a mate, going up to Wimbledon, getting recycled Centre Court tickets and seeing Federer concede the only set he was to lose (to Mardy Fish) on the way to his first title in 2003.
Laurie Reid said on 2009-06-17 @ 13:28 NZDT:
Just the tears of Henman. He was so unlucky on so many occassions! But then again the Poms are known for that...