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'It's my fault..so what are you complaining about?'

British Tennis champion Virginia Wade says the Wimbledon sigh or groan of the crowd, when a player makes a mistake, can be very unsettling.

Ms Wade, who won the Wimbledon Ladies singles title in 1977, told Radio 4's The World Tonight she remembers one incident when she got a groan from the crowd, and she responded by saying "it's my fault not yours, so what are you complaining about?"

(Photo: Virginia Wade winning the Ladies' Singles at Wimbledon 1977 Credit: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ)

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