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...took up tennis-mainly because it was the only one-armed game he knew of. Now he is a lefthanded teaching pro. Mama Betty, 42, is also a pro. Daughter Nancy, 23, shares No. 1 ranking among U.S. women amateurs with Wimbledon Champion Billie Jean King, and son Cliff, 19, is the No. 3-ranked amateur male player...
Lately the Richeys have been allowing outsiders into their games-with the result that in Milwaukee last week, Cliff won the national men's clay-court championship, while Nancy was walking off with the ladies' title, thus becoming the first brother and sister ever to win national championships simultaneously. Neither so much as lost a set, as Cliff overwhelmed six opponents and Nancy defeated five...
...Cliff is a chunky high school dropout whose shirttail flaps in the breeze and whose hair-trigger temper has at one time or another 1) brought him an official reprimand from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association and 2) cost him a place on the U.S. Davis Cup team. Psychologists would probably trace Cliff's troubles back to his formative years-between twelve and 14-when he played with his sister and "she beat me every time." Says Cliff: "She used to beat me so often that she didn't even want to play me any more...
SUMMER FUN (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). Seven different comedy shows fill in until fall, and the first stars Cliff Arquette as a contraption-inventing druggist in "McNab...
...ankle badly in an earlier match and went down in the quarterfinals. For a time, it seemed as if it might even be a U.S. year. Seeded No. 6, California's temperamental Dennis Ralston kept his emotions in check through five sets against South Africa's Cliff Drysdale in the semifinals to pull out a 6-8, 8-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory...