Young guns getting a little older

LONDON - As another Grand Slam crown looks set to be snaffled by a man in his thirties this weekend, tennis fans lamenting a dearth of dynamic up-and-comers need not worry, according to former world No 1 Mats Wilander.

Young pretenders are still punching their way to the top as they always have - they are just not quite as young as they once were, and are never likely to be in the men's game, the Swede told Reuters at Wimbledon.

Wilander, now a presenter for Eurosport, was one of several stars who took the tennis world by storm some 35 years ago when he won his first of seven Grand Slam titles aged just 17.