Pat Cash will always be remembered for pioneering the ‘Champion’s Climb’ at Wimbledon when he refused to wait on Centre Court for the traditional trophy presentation after beating Ivan Lendl in the 1987 men’s singles final.
Instead, he dramatically ran into the cheering crowd and climbed on to the roof of the commentary box to reach the players’ box, where he embraced his then girlfriend, the Norwegian model Anne-Britt Kristiansen.
Now, he has served up another romantic gesture.
The Australian former champion, 61, has proposed to Charlotte Hodson, 54, a singer-songwriter whom he describes as his ‘soulmate’.
He says: ‘Every now and then, life
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