From the archive, 4 July 1996: Sir Cliff to serve - with throwbacks

Originally published in the Guardian on 4 July 1996Just when Tim Henman threatened to bring British tennis into the modern era, up jumped Sir Cliff Richard on to the very same Wimbledon stage to take British pop music back into the dark ages.Sir Cliff, the nation's number one tennis groupie as well as its oldest surviving pop star, took advantage of a long rain delay on men's quarter finals day – which saw Henman's match postponed until 11.00am today – to serenade the cold and frustrated Cen...

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