Word: laver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lithe, 23-year-old Peruvian with the classic Inca features can blow a match with the best of them. But his charging, slashing game stiffens under pressure, and at Wimbledon the going was tough enough to challenge his mastery. Ranged against him were Australia's nimble Rod Laver, 20, and dark-haired Roy Emerson, 22, and America's moody, towering (6 ft. 4 in.) Barry MacKay. 23, Olmedo's Davis Cup teammate against Australia last winter. MacKay did not get beyond the semifinals, wilting before Laver's dogged retrieving, and that left Wimbledon to Olmedo...
With polished grace, "The Chief" dispatched them both. He merely warmed up on Emerson. 6-4, 6-0, 6-4, in the semifinals. In the finals Olmedo cracked Laver's service in the very first game, artfully alternated his power game with contrapuntal lobs, and walked off. 6-4. 6-3, 6-4. with the world's most famous tennis title...
Trevor-Roper's lecture stirred some of London's art fraternity to reply. Said Art Director James Laver of the Victoria and Albert Museum: "El Greco? Astigmatism? Admittedly! But the genius begins where the astigmatism ends." What Trevor-Roper had not dealt with was the artist's inner eye, i.e., imagination. William Blake once wrote that "a fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees." Perhaps El Greco's inner eye was also astigmatic...
...booming serve and superior ground stroke carried the 28-year-old Laver to his second straight pro title 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. The victory was worth...
...crowd of 4000, begging for an upset, roared when the lanky star from Barcelona grabbed the first set, but Laver promptly swept the next three. Ken Rose-wall salvaged third place by defeating fellow Aussie Fred Stolle...