Sex Appeal Dictates Which Women Play Wimbledon Centre Court: Gallery

Wimbledon tennis spokesman, Johnny Perkins, says that the tournament operates a casting couch system of play, with the better looking players grunting on Centre Court - with its superior acoustics - and the less attractive wimmin battling it in outer courts.

Indeed, one Canadian player was advised to play her match against an Australian brute over the benches in the changing rooms with the lights switched off.

Perkins says that what ladies play on Centre Court is down to “a great big mixture of where the players are in the draw, who they’re playing, what their ranking is.”

Adding:

“It’s not a coincidence that those (on Centre Court) are attractive.”

Old Mr Anorak is uncertain and wonders if the patrons of Centre Court – the All England Club members – are less attractive than the norm and so make the players look more attractive? And if the chance to observe women from behind and above dictates the positioning of the Royal Box?

He also wonders if it is a good excuse for a gallery of wonderful and inspirational tennis playing women, which it is. Let’s go courting:

Anorak

Posted: 29th, June 2009 | In: Sports Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink