FILE PHOTO: Former Australian tennis player Rod Laver holds a trophy presented to him during a ceremony on Australia Day at the Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - It cost him five years of grand slam silverware, but Australian great Rod Laver says the decision to turn professional made him twice the player he was as an amateur.
When Laver cleaned up all four grand slam titles in 1962 it seemed ludicrous to suggest he could get any better.
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