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...
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.
achieve goal win
The big goal and what I would like to see him do is win the French. If he could achieve that then I would think he would be up there with the all-time greats.
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.
australian exciting tennis
I think it's exciting times in Australian tennis right now,
might playing sydney thinking
He's playing Qatar (January 2-8) and he's thinking about what his build-up might be. He might come to Sydney for a while.
athlete athletics eyes good light whenever
Steven's a good prospect. First of all he is a very good athlete and whenever you see someone who is a very good athlete, the eyes light up a little bit, because that's such an important part in today's game,
favorite hard hope obviously plays
I know he is a red-hot favorite but each day is different. You just hope that if he plays at his best, and obviously he is, that he will be very hard to beat.
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.