Perfect Match
Burkhard Bilger on the Bryan twins, Bob and Mike, who are as close as tennis may get to a genetically engineered doubles team.
Drop a young Pelé onto a modern soccer field and he would still dribble circles around most players. But even Rod Laver in his prime would be flummoxed by today's game: the giant carbon-fibre racquets, the synthetic strings, Andy Roddick blasting serves at 150 mph. It would seem less like tennis than like target practice.