The former Australian tennis Pro Peter McNamara has died at the age of 64 years. In the 1980s, the double specialist, won with his Partner Paul McNamee, twice a Wimbledon.
McNamara died of prostate cancer. In the world of tennis to the death of Peter McNamaras triggered a lot of compassion. “One of the good guys in Tennis,” praised the three-time Wimbledon winner Boris Becker him on Twitter. “Its hard to believe that Macca is gone after 50 years of friendship. His former Partner McNamee and also the All England Club, Wimbledon, paid tribute to McNamara on Twitter.
McNamara won with McNamee, among other things, the 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon and in 1979, the Australian Open. After his career, he had worked as a Trainer, he supervised, among other things, Mark Philippoussis and last until February, the Chinese Top20 player Wang Qiang.
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