Word: gimeno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happy just "to play against such famous men as Gonzales." After Pancho, the deluge. Australia's Lew Hoad (No. 7) was dumped by South Africa's Bob Hewitt, also unseeded; Aussie Roy Emerson (No. 5) lost to The Netherlands' Tom Okker, and Spain's Andres Gimeno (No. 3) went down before Ray Moore, a long-haired, self-styled hippie, who ranks only No. 3 in his home country of South Africa...
Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-7 p.m.). Jack Kramer narrates as his professional tennis menagerie, including Champ Pancho Gonzales and Runner-Up Andres Gimeno, plays in Mexico City...
Long & Patient. They quickly learned otherwise-and so did Gimeno's fellow pros. In his first professional match, the lanky (6 ft. 2 in., 160 Ibs.) Spaniard defeated Peru's Alex Olmedo. He then won 16 of his next 24 matches, earned the right to meet Pancho Gonzales in a 29-match, head-to-head contest for the professional championship of the world. On court, Gimeno bears a startling resemblance to the young Bill Tilden. His ground strokes are long, faultless and patient. His big serve darts and leaps. His apparent lethargy masks lightning-quick reflexes. Says Australia...
...superbly conditioned athlete, Gimeno is unruffled by the rigors of the professional tour. He invariably falls asleep as soon as he sinks into an airplane seat, voraciously gobbles steaks and vitamin pills. He is also hungry to improve his game. "From Pancho Gonzales," says Gimeno, "I learn to throw the ball further in front of me when I serve, so I get more power. From Lew Hoad I learn to hit the ball harder. But always from myself I learn to fight like a lion." Gimeno is assured of a lion's share of the kitty: Promoter Kramer...
...part of the bargain. The current U.S. tour started out as a box-office bomb; in a crowded Augusta, Ga., during the week of the Masters Golf Tournament, only a handful of spectators turned out. But attendance is now picking up, largely because perennial Champion Gonzales is finding Newcomer Gimeno a tough man to beat. As the tour swung into the Midwest last week, Gimeno trailed Gonzales by seven matches (12 to 5) and he was growing more confident daily. "In two more years," said Gimeno, "I hit my-how do you say it-peak. My ambition...