In those days, tennis was not played in shorts. Perry used to wear white flannelled trousers and shirts. His attire was similar to that of today’s cricketers.
Fred Perry, a tennis player who retired in 1939, may have much to teach the Singapore Exchange (SGX:S68
) (SGX). Fred Perry was from an English working-class family. His father was a textile factory worker.
Perry overcame the class prejudices of his era. He was blessed with height and iron wrists. He towered over his opponents at 6 foot 3 inches in an era where the average tennis player was 5 foot 9 inches. He had vast reserves of stamina. He once wilted down an opponent over a six-hour match during a heat wave in Paris.
