Tony Roche
Tony Roche
Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche, AO MBEis a former professional Australian tennis player, native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and thirteen Grand Slam doubles titles, and was ranked as high as World No. 2 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1969. He also coached multi-Grand Slam winning World No. 1s, Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt and former World...
reminds rod sort unusual
He's such an all-round player, which is a little unusual in today's tennis. He sort of reminds me a lot of Rod Laver.
complete drop player rally seen shots slice winning
He can rally from the baseline, use the slice and drop shots and play the winning volley. I haven't seen such a complete player around for so long and I'd put him up there with Laver.
areas bit felt few looking needs people work
The people looking after her just felt that she needs a bit of work on a few areas of her game.