Word: hopman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wimbledon, Czech Jaroslav Drobny knocked him off in the fourth round. In a Davis Cup interzone mat^h this summer, Mexico's Gustavo Palafox defeated him. Nonetheless, last week, as the Aussies made their fourth reach for the big cup since V-J day, Team Captain Harry Hopman named McGregor for the singles matches. In the first day's play, he met famed Ted Schroeder, No. 1 U.S. amateur...
...then romped through two more, 6-3, 6-4, for the match. Since Sedgman had walloped an unsteady Tom Brown in an earlier match, the Australians, needing three-of-five to win, could just about crate up the old cup for shipment home. But the Aussies' Captain Hopman was not yet jubilant. "I want to see us get that third point," said Harry...