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...Davis Cup, held by the Aussies since 1950. Unless (unlikely) the Americans are eliminated in an earlier Cup round, the U.S. mainstays should be Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas, 30, and Tony Trabert, 23. Opposing them will be Australia's teen-age prodigies, Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad, both 18. In this week's semifinals of the National Singles tournament, the two Americans confronted the two Australians...
...Wimbledon, Australian tennis suffered an unexpected bump in the quarterfinals when Ken Rosewall was upset by Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, and Lewis Hoad was beaten by Philadelphia's Vic Seixas...
...Nationals, did it again last week. Next day Rosewall became the youngest player ever to win the men's singles title by blasting a relative veteran, 22-year-old Davis Cupper Mervyn Rose, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. Then Rosewall and his 18-year-old sidekick, Lewis Hoad, walked away with the doubles crown. Gasped Rose: "What will he be like in another couple of years...
...American girls, Maureen Connolly and Julie Sampson, yesterday won the women's doubles title at Keeyong Courts be defeating Mary Hawton and Beryl Penrose of Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad won the men's doubles title later...
...wedding gift" to his wife; this year Sedgman and McGregor were offered a string of filling stations, and insurance jobs guaranteeing them salaries of $11,225 a year within four years. But Sedgman was sure Australia had nothing to worry about: "We feel that Mervyn Rose, Lewis Hoad, Ken Rosewall and other youngsters will keep the Davis Cup in good hands." Now 25 and at the peak of his drawing power, Sedgman figured the time was ripe to take over the professional ranks...