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Wimbledon 2001 was a palace coup. The king, Sampras, was deposed; Andre the
Giant took to cursing and firing balls at linespeople; and a plague known as
Henmania infected the populace. Most jarring, a court jester named Goran
Ivanisevic, who introduced himself variously as Good Goran, 911 Goran and Crazy
Goran, took over. He popped painkillers, ripped off his shirt after winning,
watched Teletubbies each morning -- and then outlasted Australia's
Patrick Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 in Monday's excruciatingly wondrous men's
final to become the first wild card to win a Grand Slam
tournament.
--from "A Wild Ride" by S.L. Price, Sports Illustrated, July 16,
2001
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