ROD LAVER: A MEMOIR<br><b>Rod Laver</b><br><i>Pan Macmillan</i>
There are wonderful sportsmen, and then there is Rod Laver.
There are Australians you can't help but admire, and then there is Rod Laver.
All sports fans - not just lovers of tennis - need to read this book. It's earthy, and quite dry.
But it offers a genuine insight into the mind and makings of a champion, and is also a readable history of the divide between professional and amateur tennis before the Open era.
- Hayden Meikle is ODT sports editor.
