Property News · June 18, 2011

A working life: The tennis umpire


Matt Porsz has the power to make big match calls, but he needs nerves of steel to cope with the on-court tantrumsFew people have had the satisfaction of facing down John McEnroe during one of his rages – not once, but twice, in a tournament. For Matt Porsz, the first confrontation came on a Friday night four years ago as he was umpiring a match between McEnroe and his old foe Bjorn Borg before 5,000 fans in an indoor arena in Belfast.”I remember thinking, as I was waiting on court, ‘they’re actually going to have to listen to what I say,'” he recalls, as if the match had happened only yesterday. “McEnroe was his usual self, he looked like someone who knew he had to do this, there were no pleasantries, whereas Borg came across as nice.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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