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René Lacoste – A Great Tennis Champion
René Lacoste was one of the best and most successful tennis players of the 20th century. The Frenchman ... the sport in the 1920s and early 1930s when he won many tennis ... in Europe and the America. Lacoste won seven Grand Slam titles and, ... with the French team, won the Davis Cup in 1927 and 1928.
Lacoste was called "The Crocodile" because of the ... he played tennis. He was always well-prepared and analysed the strengths and weaknesses of his ... . He was very ... at the beginning of a match and tried to find a way to ... points. He would wait until the other player became weaker and then ... him to win the game.
After his career ... , Lacoste became a successful businessman. He ... a company that produced clothes for tennis players. A polo shirt with a crocodile on the chest quickly became ... all over the world. Even today, almost a hundred years ... , Lacoste is still a well-known label in the world of sports.