This year, though, no sane opponent would think Krajicek hangdog. He has won tournaments in Battersea and Key Biscayne he has reclaimed a place in the top five he is moving better than he has for years and if anyone can prevent Pete Sampras equalling a record 12 grand slam titles by winning Wimbledon it is the 27-year-old mauler from Muiderberg. Krajicek uses a hulking 6ft 5in frame to produce a near-perfect service action. It is a skill which has helped earn him a superior head-to-head record with Sampras and made him one of only two men - Goran Ivanisevic is the other - still on tour to have beaten the American at Wimbledon.
This year the fearsome delivery has brought a triple whammy of statistics: more aces, more points won behind the first serve and more service games won than any other player. To some this makes Krajicek pretty boring. He beats the hell out of the ball so that it does not come back, and half the time looks as though he might be on the wrong end of a beating himself. He is the celebrity who does not seem to celebrate and the man who plays the beautiful game without beautiful rallies.īut images can not only be misleading, they can be unfair. Krajicek has never gained the attention of, say, Ivanisevic or Patrick Rafter, but he has a better chance of winning Wimbledon than either of them. And he knows more about his body language than some of his critics have realised. "I've always had the feeling after each point to look at the ground because it can be good not to see the opponent," Krajicek says. I was going to wear a dress but decided to wear my pinny instead."But of course it is good sometimes and bad sometimes. "When the players came out I thought, 'It's now or never', so I just did it. I knew it had never been done before - and it had to be done, really, didn't it? I am a bit of a naughty girl and I definitely have a wild streak in me.
I did it for a bit of a laugh, although I was encouraged by all the others. I suppose that means I have got the sack. A 23-year-old London student, Melissa Johnson, her courage bolstered by a few drinks, climbed over a barrier at one end of the court and dashed the length of its periphery passing in front of finalists Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington as they posed near the net for photographs. Johnson continued: "But my employers were very po-faced. READ MORE: Stunning former Wimbledon star posed nude - and she admitted “my legs are my best part” I just said to the people I was working with, 'I'm going to do it, I am going to get my kit off'." Melissa Johnson, twenty-three, was working as a catering assistant at the.
Johnson later admitted: "I'm a naughty girl - and I've got a wild streak in me. 'It happened to be the first year I was a member of Wimbledon,' Richard told. Fans were left in hysterics, including the Duke and Duchess of Kent who watched on wide-eyed. Johnson took to centre-court in nothing but her waitress pinny - at least she adhered to the all-white dress code. In 1996, the crowd ready to view the Wimbledon final were in for a rude awakening when 23-year-old waitress Melissa Johnson bared all on centre court.
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