There was Connors’s name in the same sentence as that of Juan Martín del Potro, who at No. Only one of them, del Potro, will continue to be compared to Connors this week. At the time, del Potro said he was just happy to be playing at Centre Court, happy to be playing tennis at all. He continues to be the crowd favorite, with “Olé, olé, olé, olé!” soccer chants echoing around Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Argentina soccer jerseys on many spectators. “I know I am far away from home,” del Potro, the 2009 champion, said.

Source: New York Times September 06, 2016 00:37 UTC