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ROD LAVER DISCUSSES “KILLER INSTINCT”
Aug. 19 | Killer instinct. It’s an attribute that all champion tennis players have – whether born with it or whether it is learned behavior. While mild-mannered, polite and humble, Rod Laver, arguably the greatest tennis player of all-time, had it and...
ROD LAVER: CHANGING YOUR GAME AS YOU GROW OLDER
Aug. 14 | Many eyes remain on Roger Federer as the 16-time major tournament winner turned 29 years old on August 8, 2010 with an ATP World Tour ranking for No. 3 – his lowest ranking since 2003. Will the Swiss maestro change his game, his strategy and this...
BIRTHDAY BOYS FEDERER AND LAVER: WHO IS THE GREATEST OF ALL-TIME?
Aug. 9 | NEW YORK, August 9, 2010 – The day after Roger Federer’s 29th birthday on August 8, Rod Laver celebrates his 72nd birthday today on August 9. Both players have established major milestones in the history of tennis: Federer winning a men’s...
THE MORNING ROD LAVER WOKE UP IN A BATH TUB WEARING A TUXEDO
Jun. 17 | It was 41 years ago at Wimbledon in 1969 that Rod Laver won leg No. 3 of his historic second Grand Slam. John Newcombe was his final-round victim in his fourth – and final – Wimbledon singles title. In this excerpt from Laver’s newly re-released...
ROD LAVER: WHEN YOU PLAY ON CLAY, BRING YOUR LUNCH
May. 25 | Rod Laver won the French Championships on two occasions in 1962 as an amateur and again in 1969 as a pro – both titles being the second leg of one of his Grand Slam sweeps of all four major titles. In this excerpt from his newly re-released memoir...
ROGER FEDERER “CERTAINLY HAS THE CHANCE” AT THE GRAND SLAM, SAYS LAVER
May. 21 | By Randy Walker While most prognosticators are already crowning Rafael Nadal as the 2010 French Open champion and now only predicting how many sets he will lose en route to a fifth Roland Garros title, lost in the conversation is Roger Federer...
NADAL IS LIKE MY SISTER NANCY: CLIFF RICHEY BLOG
Apr. 22 | By Cliff Richey There has been a lot of buzz about Rafael Nadal winning the title in Monte Carlo for the sixth straight time – the first time a player has won six straight ATP titles in the Open era. Roger Federer almost won his sixth straight...
“YOU’RE NOT A GOOD TENNIS PLAYER!”
Apr. 13 | By Charles Bricker “You have no chance. You’re not a good tennis player. You’re a nice person and you’re good at your day job at the Tennis Channel. But you’re not a good tennis player.” Justin Gimelstob paused...
THE GREATEST MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER WHO DIDN’T WIN A SINGLES MAJOR? TRY BRIAN GOTTFRIED
Feb. 18 | By Charles Bricker Now that I’ve given you Elena Dementieva as the finest woman player never to win a Grand Slam singles title, it’s only right that we place a similar dubious distinction on the best man never to win a major. Only this isn’t...
LINDSEY VONN LOVES FEDERER, BUT NEEDS TO STUDY SAMPRAS
Feb. 12 | Superstar skier Lindsey Vonn is a big fan of Roger Federer. The darling of the U.S. Olympic team and the Sport Illustrated cover girl, however, needs to take note of a past performance from Pete Sampras in order to achieve ultimate Olympic glory. Vonn,...
50 YEARS AGO: THE ROCKET REFLECTS ON WINNING FIRST MAJOR DOWN UNDER
Jan. 29 | It will be 50 years ago on Monday, February 1 that Rod Laver won his first major championship – the Australian Open. The man whose name now graces the Center Court at the national championship of his homeland finally broke through and won the 1960...
