‘It’s important to put in perspective the fact that he’s had to play against the top players in the world week-in, week-out’

HE'S seen it all, and done most of it.

The South African’s best performance as a player was to reach the final of the 1965 US Open but he was at the centre of the formation of the Association of Tennis Professionals that revolutionised the sport, boycotting Wimbledon en route.

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‘It’s important to put in perspective the fact that he’s had to play against the top players in the world week-in, week-out’

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