The Best Tennis Players of All Time

The Best Tennis Players of All Time — page 5
ROD LAVER 6Rod Laver raised the Wimbledon trophy four times in his stellar career The date was September 10 1962 The place was Forest Hills New York The event was the men’s final at the US Championships the precursor to the US Open The two best tennis players in the world were showing off their talents But Rod Laver was making better shots than fellow Australian Roy Emerson Emerson was the defending champion But he had no chance Laver hit the ball so hard that Emerson barely had time to react The left-hander broke Emerson’s serve to open the fourth set and cruised to victory When it was over Laver tossed his racket in the air and smiled It might have been his first smile since the tournament had begun