Word: flams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Trabert got another trophy and looked more impressive than ever as he whipped the U.S.'s No. 2 player, Herb Flam, 6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 6-3, in the Southampton final. This week Tony is seeded No. 2 in the Eastern Grass Court championships at Orange, N.J. to meet top-seeded Dick Savitt, Wimbledon champion...
...match for Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt, 24. Nakano did have Savitt on the run (five set points) in the first set, finally dropped it 7-5, then stuck grimly to the base line while Savitt pounded out the next two sets, 6-3, 6-2. Young (22) Herb Flam, the U.S.'s second-ranking player and a tireless retriever, beat the Japanese champion, Jiro Kumamaru, at his own game, the base-line duel. Flam, too, had a tough time in the first set, but won it 7-5. Playing more aggressively against his 29-year-old rival, Flam whipped...
Ready to Score. But last week at Wimbledon, Savitt was at the top of his form, with everything under control. He swept Art Larsen in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. In the semifinals he met his old nemesis, Herb Flam, who had beaten him twelve times (but not this time, though the match went to five sets). In the finals, Savitt met Australia's McGregor again. Savitt knew how to play McGregor: keep him away from the net, but avoid lobs, which McGregor usually kills with savage precision...
...Patty; in London. In his fourth round, the U.S. junior champion got a case of "center court shakes," lost to Brazilian Champion Armando Vieira. The semifinalists: The U.S.'s Dick Savitt (who defeated the U.S.'s Art Larsen in the quarterfinals) v. the U.S.'s Herb Flam (who defeated Australia's top-seeded Frank Sedgman); Australia's Ken McGregor (who defeated Sweden's Lennart Bergelin) v. South Africa's Eric Sturgess (who defeated Vieira...
...HERB FLAM, 22, runner-up for the U.S. title, an improving player with little sting in his shots: he particularly lacks a forcing serve...