Top to bottom: Rafael Nadal's Edmund Hillary impression was a real pain in the backside

The Williams sisters, Billie Jean King, Elena Dementieva and Bjorn Borg also gets some stick in this irreverent postscript to this year's Wimbledon. Gentlemen's Final: Clearly one for the ages. Pardon the cliche, but it was a shame someone had to lose that match. A tie-break should be played in the fifth set. It would be more exciting. If acceptable in sets one through four, it should be used in set five as well. Post-match climbing into the stands should be banned. What was novel and amusing when Pat Cash did it in 1987 is now neither. We assume you love your family and they love you. This self-indulgent exercise is disrespectful to everyone waiting for the award ceremony to commence. Other sports champions don't do it: neither should tennis. Some day a player will be injured imitating Edmund Hillary. Will someone in the... [read full story]