Sport: Man with No Weakness

"It's kind of fun to be the underdog—it's a novelty," said Don Budge last week.

Cocky little Bobby Riggs—who won the pro tennis championship last December after ten years in the long shadow of Don Budge, first as an amateur, then as a pro—thought it even more fun to be top dog.

In Chicago they began a 25-match tour with Riggs's title at stake. Said Bobby:

"Budge was the greatest player the world ever saw—up to now. I'll run Budge down. I'm probably the fastest player who ever played tennis. I play his forehand: that's his big weakness. I have no weakness. That's why...

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