Richard ‘Pancho’ Gonzales ruled the tennis world as No.1 on the pro tour from 1952-1960.
He was regarded as the best server of his era and still as one of the greatest servers and competitors ever.
A story is told that he was once asked to demonstrate his serving accuracy. Three tennis balls were placed in the service box…one on the sideline, another at the T, and a third as if the opponent’s body was the aim point.
Pancho stepped to the line and with his first serve, knocked the can from the sideline…his next delivery nailed the can at the T…and, you guessed it, his third laser destroyed the other one for a trifecta.
I’m not sure if this feat is as impressive as Arnold Palmer scoring an ace on the same hole on consecutive days or Steph Curry hitting 93 of 100 three pointers in practice but I doubt that any tennis player ever could do what the great Pancho did.
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