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12/10/09 1:36 AM | Johan Lindahl
Former Australian Open boss Paul McNamee has decided on another run in 2010 for the leadership of Tennis Australia less than two months after losing a tight and secret election.
McNamee, a former Wimbledon doubles holder, has some definite ideas about how to raise Australian standing in the game and plans to seek the head office after incumbent Geoff Pollard retires in 2010 as promised after two decades in the chair.
“I am intending to run again,” said McNamee, whose next assignment is the Hopman Cup in Perth from January 2, the mixed teams event which he founded more than 20 years ago. "I will run because I think the issues of the sport are still real."
“And I'd like to be involved in the sport going forward being a part of the process.”
McNamee lost the election six week ago, with final figures after voting by state delegations never released, as is the custom. He had the support of player Lleyton Hewitt, former Davis Cup star John Alexander and others seeking to shake up the old guard.
“I know I got at least seven out of 16 votes so it was probably 9-7,” McNamee said.
McNamee is calling for a chance in the way Tennis Australia runs the game and offers to seek more input from established coaches and ex-players, including Pat Cash, who runs a Queensland tennis camp but has always been considered a renegade by the suits in Sydney.
Hewitt and Peter Luczak are the only Australian men in the ATP top 100.
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I know nothing of the politics in Australian tennis but it does seem bizarre for there to be such a dearth of players in a country that once dominated the sport and has so many former champions still alive.
ed251137 , 12/12/09 12:22 PM