Re: Trabert: Laver the best ever
- From: Whisper <beaver999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:19:15 +1100
gregorawe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Tennis Week: In baseball, DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Cal
Ripken's consecutive games played streak and now Bonds breaking Babe
Ruth's home run record are considered the most hallowed marks in the
sport. In terms of tennis history what is the most sacred record? What
is the gold standard of tennis records? Is it Laver's '62 and '69
Grand Slams? Is it Graf's Golden Slam? Is it Sampras' 14 majors? Is it
Navratilova's all-time title record?
Tony Trabert: I still maintain that Rod Laver is the best player who
ever played the game because he's done something no one has ever done
in the 120 or 140-year history of our sport: he won the Grand Slam as
an amateur and he won the Grand Slam as a pro. If someone in some
other sport held a world record no one else had, you would say that
person was the best in that sport. So in my view, you've got to say
Laver is the best player of all time. All the records you mention are
very worthy and Steffi's Golden Grand Slam is terrific and I salute
all of them and all of the players who have won the Grand Slam, but
that Laver record is one that has never been done and you will never
see it done again.
Well Roger wasn't far off doing it 2 yrs straight so can never say never.
.
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