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    Jan 15, 2020 5 minutes
    REVIEWS BY JEFF CENTENERA

    ROD LAVER: THE GOLDEN ERA

    THE EXTRAORDINARY TWO DECADES WHEN AUSTRALIANS RULED THE TENNIS WORLD BY ROD LAVER WITH LARRY WRITER, ALLEN & UNWIN, $39.99

    A pair of happenings – one, the various year-end recognitions for Ashleigh Barty, and two, the new ATP Cup tournament – offer an interesting comment on contemporary tennis, particularly in the context of this book. Barty is the nation’s outstanding sports person of the year, without question, but her popularity has more than a little to do with how she fits the mould of the classic Australian tennis star. Her ilk is notable for being rare; when the best players in the game come to Australia at this time of year, they come from a multitude of places so varied that an event such as the ATP Cup can be structured in its

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