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Tennis champion in revolutionary show exuding energy (5)

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I believe the answer is:

laver

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'tennis champion' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'revolutionary show exuding energy' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'lave' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'show' becomes 'ER' (US medical drama).
'exuding' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mca).
'er' with 'e' removed is 'r'.
'lave'+'r'='LAVER'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for laver that I've seen before include "Wimbledon champ" , "Rod - - (tennis)" , "Edible seaweed" , "Tennis player" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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