English tennis player Robert Dee, 23, lost 54 consecutive matches and 108 successive sets at the international level, before he finally beat an unranked 17-year-old in Spain in April 2008. The British media just lapped up the story. The Daily Mail, Guardian, Sun, and Telegraph newspapers all published articles about Mr. Dee’s success (or lack thereof). Even the BBC joined in.
The paper printed two articles about Mr. Dee under the headlines ‘World’s worst tennis pro wins at last’ and ‘A British sensation - the world’s worst’. It claimed Mr. Dee did not win a single match during his first three years on the professional circuit and compared him to Olympic ski jumper Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards and the swimmer Eric “the Eel” Moussambani.
- Defamation, Libel, Slander (FindLaw)
- Website of tennis player Robert Dee
- Tennis pro sues Telegraph for labelling him world’s worst (Guardian)
- No joke for jolly Robert Dee (London Times)
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