‘I Never Took Markers’- American Tennis Legend Jimmy Connors Discloses Wild Las Vegas Night That Ended up Burning a Hole in His Pocket

Former world number 1 Jimmy Connors is dearly missed by his fans in action on the court. Currently, at 71, Jimmy Connors continues to hold several records that remain unbroken by tennis players who have come after him. Even though he stopped playing long back, Jimmy Connors never lost the fandom he had.

And now he continues to engage with his fans and entertain them through a podcast named Advantage Connors that he runs with his son. Sometimes they swap stories from their past around the sport or invite guests over to share theirs. Recently Jimmy Connors shared a story from his past that involved losing money over gambling.

Jimmy Connors shares a gambling story of losing money and having to win a tournament to compensate for it

Jimmy Connors was in one of the episodes of his podcast when he started to share his gambling story with his son and the listeners engaged. He shared a story from the time when he was playing at the Alan King Tennis Classic at the Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas between 1972 to 1985. The story that he shared was how he had finished one of the matches from the tournament and got mixed up with an old friend to play at the craps table.

Connors also added how one thing led to another and he lost a lot of the paycheck he had earned. He added, “I take a few bucks out of my pocket and we start playing. There are a couple of rolls and a couple of bad rolls. And I never took markers that was a golden rule I had. And by the time I am done taking all my markers, I say I am signing out and going to bed. And I didn’t realize what it was. But I had to win the tournament to pay back for the markers.”

Connors shared how he lost all the money he had at the time. Consequently, he had to make sure to win the tournament the next day so that he could pay for the markers and this does not go back to his mother who at the time used to manage his finances. As funny as this story sounds now, it wouldn’t have been easy for Connors at the time

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Except for this blast from the past, Jimmy Connors was recently in buzz due to another reason. He recently delivered a statement around the fact that Novak Djokovic is about to break his record of 109 titles.

Jimmy Connors talks about Djokovic breaking his record of 109 titles

With 109 titles to his name, Jimmy Connors still holds the record of winning the greatest number of titles on the ATP tour. However, now that record is close to being broken by the world number 1 Novak Djokovic. Talking about the same in an interview, Connors said that he has had a good run. And if there is someone who can beat him, it is most certainly the ‘Djoker’.

Connors also mentioned that it was 35 years ago that he made this record and it has stood a long time. Further, he also acknowledged that whoever passes him, must be really good. What do you think?

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