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...whom seem to become rabid tennis fans as soon as they can hold a racket. Last week Australia's tennis bugs were having nightmares. Reason: their star player and main hope for keeping the Davis Cup for the fifth straight year, blond, bullet-serving Lew Hoad, was playing slipshod and lazy tennis. Clearly, it was a national crisis which involved everybody from Lew Hoad's mother to Prime Minister Robert Menzies...
...while; later they faltered, but not so badly as their opponents. On a soggy, rain-soaked court last week in Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium, Australia's Ken Rosewall beat Seixas in the final of the Victorian Tournament, but that did not take the spotlight off floundering Lew Hoad (who had just turned 20 last fortnight). Hoad had barely stumbled through his opening match with Britain's young (20) Roger Becker. Then, in a match with Sweden's Sven Davidson, he eked out a precarious five-set victory. During the second and third sets, which he kicked...
...semifinals, Hoad was beaten in straight sets by Seixas. At one stage of the match, Hoad was in such a stew that he batted a ball into the grandstand...
...blamed Head's bored and disgusted state on Harry Hopman, the autocratic non-playing captain, coach and general supervisor of the Aussie Davis Cuppers. Said Truth, apostrophizing Hopman: "Wake up to yourself. We think it's because of you, Harry-because you won't let him [Hoad] off your apron strings. You make him think tennis, eat tennis, drink tennis and live for nothing else." Lew's mother, Mrs. Bonnie Hoad, who plays on the hard courts herself, chimed in: "Lew hasn't had a chance to relax since the Davis Cup last Christmas...
...speech, Prime Minister Menzies offered chin-up counsel to Hoad and to the U.S.'s Tony Trabert (who has suffered slumps and criticism in the past): "You, Tony, and you. Lew, are great players and but for players like you, there would not even be any such contest as the Davis Cup. Don't worry too much about critics. If there were no actors in the drama, there would be no critics. Don't you read a word of what they say. Go for your life. You are much better players than any of your onlookers...