Word: fumiteru
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never-say-die competitor himself, Ichy was stretching a point. Stocky (5 ft. 5 in., 140 Ibs.) Fumiteru Nakano, 36, was no 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...
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