Former legends and wooden racquets in Madrid
Before the Madrid tournament had officially started, five Grand Slam champions – Manolo Santana, Adriano Panatta, Ilie Nastase, Jan Kodes and Andres Gomez – took the court to play an exhibition with wooden racquets. Enjoy a few pictures from the match:
Madrid tournament director and first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam, Manolo Santana:
French Open and Wimbledon champion, Jan Kodes:
US Open and French Open champion, Ilie Nastase:
Adriano Panatta, the only player to beat Bjorn Borg at Roland Garros, and he did it twice:
1990 French open champion Andres Gomez:
Photo credit: Davinia