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  • Paul McNamee could be back in Australian tennis

    8/23/08 11:43 PM | Johan Lindahl
    - Paul McNamee may be poised for a comeback to tennis just two years after being replaced as Australian Open tournament director. Since leaving Melbourne Park, the former player has tried his hand at sports administration in both golf and tennis.

    The Wimbledon doubles champion was nudged from his latest post at the Melbourne Demons Australian Rules football club last month in an executive power struggle after less than a year on the job.

    He previously headed the Australian golf circuit after his March, 2006 departure from Tennis Australia.

    But now, with the administrative body for the once-mighty tennis power in crisis, Mac's name is being mentioned for a possible return, though he insists he does not want to deal directly with the Open.

    “You never rule anything out. I don't want to go back near the Australian Open because I've done that and that's for others to move to now”, McNamee told local media.

    “But just the sport generally, given that we were such a great tennis nation. I'd certainly love to offer some help to try and get our sport back in shape”.

    Bosses at TA are said to be under fire including longtime president Geoff Pollard, and Craig Tiley, who replaced McNamee as tournament director at the Grand Slam and who drew heavy fire for scheduling a post-midnight stat for a Lleyton Hewitt match this year which ended at nearly down.

    “I've only just come out of the job market”, said McNamee. “I'm glad there's a lot of desire to get me back involved, but it's not really easy for me to understand how I could do that”.

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