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‘Looking back it was the perfect con’

October 3, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Taki on the Riggs/King match:

What Bobby actually did in order to make it look perfect was not to touch a racquet and not train at all for months before he set up the match.

He looked slow, unsure of his shots, without touch or any agility around the court—exactly the way a player is when out of practice.

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