Word: jaroslav
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jittery, but as usual he was. As he took the court for the Wimbledon singles finals last week, he nodded awkwardly toward the royal box, where Queen Mary sat watching, instead of bending in the customary bow. Then Schroeder devoted his full attention to stocky, left-handed Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia across...
Power v. Style. The near-capacity crowd watching the semi-finals next day saw a study in contrasts. The first was a slugging match in which Gonzales and chunky, 26-year-old Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia slammed a total of 43 service aces at each other. Pancho wore him out in four sets, 8-10, 11-9, 6-0, 6-3. In the second match, it was style instead of power. Sturgess scored only two aces, Flam none. Time after time, Sturgess' deep forehand drives kicked up the chalk on Flam's baseline. When Flam moved...
Dogged, deliberate Quist beat the erratic No. 2 Czech, Vladimir Cernik, with little trouble, 6-2, 13-11, 6-0. Then wiry little Billy Sidwell, 28, went up against Jaroslav Drobny, 27, Europe's best. Billy's backhand was in perfect control, and he tantalized the left-handed Czech with frequent line placements on his left side. Between sets, Sidwell sat down to catch his breath, keeping Drobny waiting, and picked himself up with great deliberation whenever he slipped on the dewy grass. Uncharitable spectators figured that the Australian was just grandstanding; but insiders knew that Sidwell...
...Czechs, now behind 2-0, came back to win the doubles. Playing his second singles, against Jaroslav Drobny, Adrian Quist had a chance to clinch the matches. But age told: he got off to a good start, only to lose, 6-8, 3-6, 18-16, 6-3, 7-5. That left Australia's Davis Cup chances in the hands of Billy Sidwell. He polished off Czech Cernik in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2. That spelled victory for Australia...
...summer of ripening on the big-time Eastern tennis circuit had done wonders for California's easygoing Pancho Gonzales. Last week, on successive days, he vanquished three of the game's brightest stars-Jaroslav Drobny, Bob Falkenburg and Frank Parker-to reach the semifinals of the Pacific Southwest tourney. Then he went down before 26-year-old Ted Schroeder, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, who in turn bowed to Big Jake Kramer, the champ...