On that Sunday afternoon, Laver took on his greatest rival, Ken Rosewall, in Dallas in the championship match of the WCT Finals, a season-ending, eight-man event that at the time was the ...

Ken Rosewall’s 4-6 ... When Laver stepped up to serve at 5-4, he had the title on his racquet, and watching Rosewall drag himself around the court in between points, he was confident it would ...