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...Tokyo in December, he knocked off both Laver and Rosewall to win the Grand Prix Masters. Two months ago in London, he bested Newcombe to win the Queen's Club Open, then came within a few shots of beating him again two weeks later in a furious five-set finals match at Wimbledon. At the U.S. Open, while Players Clark Graebner and Dennis Ralston were calling the officials "idiotic" and "ridiculous" for banning racket throwing and abusive language on the court, Smith went serenely on his wav, demolishing everyone he met. "Stan," says his doubles partner, Erik Van Dillen...
...center court at Forest Hills' West Side Ten nis Club-the same stuffy club that once barred Ralph Bunche from membership-the son of a Negro playground guard from Richmond, Va., established himself as the No. 1 star in one of the most segregated U.S. sports. In a five-set match, Ashe, 25, defeated blond Tom Okker of The Netherlands, 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, for the U.S. Open championship. His victory made him the first amateur to win a major open event, the first Negro ever to capture...
Lefthander Cox started out shakily against Gonzales-blowing six straight games. "A love, love and love defeat crossed my mind," he said later. "I was very pleased finally to win a game. After that it was different." It sure was. Cox forced the panting Pancho into the first five-set match he had played in five years and wore him down in 2¼ hrs. 0-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Next day Cox disposed of Emerson in 75 min., blasting the Aussie off the court in straight sets...
...Donald Dell led the Elis. Already considered the best college player in the East, Dell had made an excellent showing on the tournament circuit the previous summer. In one tournament he had beaten world-ranked Ashley Cooper in straight sets in the semi-finals and had lost a close, five-set match to Ham Richards in the finals. Further evidence of Yale's power showed in the fact that Gene Scott, who later joined Dell on the Davis Cup team, was then only fourth singles...
...even lose a set. He got unexpected help from Germany's Wilhelm Bungert, who upset Australia's No. 1 -seeded Roy Emerson in a mara thon quarterfinal. McKinley routed Bungert, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6. Said the German: "I was tired. Tired from those five-set matches earlier. And tired from watching McKinley run." In the finals, Chuck came up against lanky Fred Stolle, a Sydney bank clerk who had beaten him four out of six times in previous matches. Trying to blow McKinley off the court with his powerful cannonball serve, the Aussie got the shock...