Three players, three hard slogs. Jock Given on the golden age of Australian tennis. Review of the books 'Muscles: the story of Ken Rosewall, Australia's little master of the courts', by Ken Rosewall, as told to Richard Naughton, published by Slattery Media Group, Richmond, 2012, 'The education of a tennis player', by Rod Laver with Bud Collins, published by New Chapter Press, New York, 2009, and 'The Great Fletch: the dazzling life of Wimbledon Aussie larrikin Ken Fletcher', by Hugh Lunn, published by ABC Books, Sydney, 2008.