Big Jake Kramer had finally proved that he is the best tennis player going. It was suspiciously close for the first weeks of their nationwide tour, with Big Jake winning one night and Bobby Riggs the next. People began to talk (TIME, March 1). Then Kramer's big service began to come alive.
If Riggs played deep on Kramer's serve, Big Jake put so much angle and spin on the ball that his opponent landed up in the bleachers trying to get his racket on it. If Riggs played in close, Big Jake blasted it straight down the middle. Usually, Kramer won his...
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