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...victory was too much to ask from a man of Mulloy's years, was it also too big an order for young Rosewall and Hoad? The semifinals seemed to produce a firm answer. In top physical shape, thanks to Coach Harry Hopman's strict meat-and-sleep training rules, the Australians nonetheless sometimes seemed mentally over-wound, as if their play had become work. Facing powerful Lew Hoad, whose service is one of the fastest in amateur tennis, Vic Seixas showed the same flair for court tactics he demonstrated this year at Wimbledon. It was a net-rushing...
Australian tennis officials were flabbergasted. Even Aussie Veteran Harry Hopman, a canny, cautious type, grudgingly admitted: "The American captain's form was excellent. I don't think we have ever seen him better...
...team denied knowledge of the challenge. But Mulloy stuck to it, explained: "The whole thing was based on the selection of Schroeder for the Cup team." ¶ In Australia, while Frank Sedgman's "wedding gift" fund (TIME, Jan. 14) swelled to $11,892, Aussie Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman spoke out about "amateur" tennis in his Melbourne Herald column: "I don't think there is one player in the world's first ten who abides by the [international] amateur rules . . . Tennis today is in the semiprofessional class, and it should remain there...
...Frank Sedgman was not for sale, after all. Last week at the banquet celebrating Australia's Davis Cup victory (TIME, Jan. 7), Sedgman borrowed tuppence from his coach, Harry Hopman, and put through a phone call to Sydney's Daily Telegraph to make an announcement: he was going on as an amateur...
...Stadium crowd began to buzz as Sproule got up and walked to the front-row grandstand seat, where U.S. Coach Jack Kramer was sitting. The referee spoke to Professional Kramer briefly, turned on his heel, and went over to speak to U.S. Captain Frank Shields and Australian Captain Harry Hopman. Then Sproule ordered play resumed...