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...tour's opening match Saturday, the ever-popular Pancho Segura had little trouble with newcomer Rex Hartwig, winning 8-4 in a Kramer set. Pancho's "automatic" two-handed forehand was as effective and colorful as ever, though his backhand was somewhat weak. He would frequently run as far as the doubles alley on the left side of the court to avoid hitting a backhand. Hartwig was disappointingly erratic. He seems easily the most dispensable of the crew. Segura has won sixteen matches, Hartwig five...
...first singles match, the Tar Heels' Herb Browne swept Ham Gravem, 6-3, 6-0. At two, Captain Alex Haegler played his finest tennis of the year, displaying a very powerful forehand, but bowed to Tom Bradford, who rotates with Browne and Bob Payne in playing one. Payne defeated Conrad Fischer at three...
...Gravem played an attacking game, frequently coming to the net behind his powerful serve and forehand to beat Columbia's captain, Pete Chase...
Winning the first set 6-2, Captain Alex Haegler, whose driving forehand was very effective, was extended to 9-7 in the second not before beating Mendez do Leon at number two. Brooks Harris, at three, won in three sets, 6-0, 5-7, and 6-2, and Steve Gottlieb, playing four, gained his second victory of the season, defeating Dick MacLaughlin after losing the first...
...Heckscher also did not go south but he will play at seven against M.I.T. Number two freshman last year, he hits a hard serve and forehand. Dan Mayers will follow Heckscher. Tall and experienced, Mayers, who won two matches on the Southern trip, "he shown consistent improvement and steadied his game down considerably," Barnaby said...