Editing Ken Rosewall (section)

==Early life and tennis==
Rosewall was born on 2 November 1934 in [[Hurstville, New South Wales|Hurstville]], Sydney. His father, Robert Rosewall, was a grocer in [[Penshurst, New South Wales]], and when Ken was one year old, they moved to [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]] where his father bought three clay tennis courts.{{sfnp|Rosewall|Rowley|1976|p=15|ps=}} Ken started playing tennis at age 3 with a shortened racket and using both hands for forehand and backhand shots.{{sfnp|Rosewall|Rowley|1976|p=1|ps=}} They practiced early in the morning, focusing on playing one type of shot for a period of weeks. He was a natural left-hander but was taught to play right-handed by his father. He played his first tournament when he was nine and lost to the eventual winner. At age eleven Rosewall won the Metropolitan Hardcourt Championships for under fourteen.{{sfnp|Rosewall|Rowley|1976|p=2|ps=}}

In his youth, Rosewall often played [[Lew Hoad]], and they became known as the Sydney "twins", but they had very different physiques, personalities and playing styles. Their first match in Sydney in January 1947 (when both were aged 12) was played as an opener of an exhibition match between Australia and America. Rosewall won 6–0, 6–0. The two played again a few weeks later, and Rosewall won again in straight sets. Rosewall beat Hoad twice later in 1947 in state age-group championships. "At this stage the consistent baseline strategy of Rosewall was able to doggedly unravel any questions asked by his more aggressive, hard-hitting rival".<ref>Muscles, Ken Rosewall as told to Richard Naughton, Slattery Media Group, 2012, p.17-18</ref> In 1949, at age 14, Rosewall became the junior champion at the Australian Hardcourt Championships in Sydney, the youngest player to win an Australian title.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131238116 |title=Tennis Title to N.S.W. |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |location=Adelaide |date=3 September 1949 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47678884 |title=Lawn Tennis. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]]|location=Perth |date=25 October 1949 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>