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...doubles r Kramer and Falkenburg, in a five-set final over Talbert and Wood's old Davis Cup running mate, Francis X. Shields...
...steady though unimaginative performer who sprang from 28th place to seventh in U. S. ranking last year and three weeks ago sprang a surprise on the brass hats of the United States Lawn Tennis Association when he reached the finals at Wimbledon and then put up a stubborn five-set struggle before letting Bobby Riggs take the world's No. 1 title...
...Riggs, U. S. No. 1, and Elwood Cooke, an unheralded 25-year-old Oregonian who had defeated France's Christian Boussus, England's Bunny Austin and Germany's Henner Henkel on his way to the final. Against his fellow countryman, however, Cooke faded. In a seesawing five-set struggle, Riggs finally...
...Forest Hills matches got under way, von Cramm put out young Alfred Jarvis and Donald McNeill, but had to work his hardest to beat Hal Surface of Kansas City, who twice was within a point of making it a five-set battle. With much greater dispatch, Budge put out William Winslow, Joseph Abrams...
...well-rounded assortment of dependable, aggressive strokes, a good tennis head and a desire to make some reparation for his calamitous failure in last month's Davis Cup challenge round (TIME, Aug. 5). Equally impressive are his drawbacks. He has never beaten Perry. At 30, he finds two five-set singles matches on successive days more than he likes...