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...after Christmas. All three of the U.S. Davis Cuppers-Vic Seixas. Tony Trabert and Ham Richardson-pulled themselves together and played at top form for a 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...
...that he would not return for another try. but Tony Trabert, who had won eight of eleven sets from the youngsters, denied rumors, that he would turn pro and vowed he would be back next year. Grinning, Trabert brought a big roar from the 17,500 Aussies packed into Kooyong Stadium when he said: "I've been playing tennis since I was six, and have lost to a lot of people. But this is the first time I have lost to two babies...
...straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Two days later, facing Australia's "Big Fellow," rangy Ken McGregor, Seixas was a whirlwind. Rushing the net behind one of the biggest services in the game, Seixas took just 58 minutes to knock McGregor right off Melbourne's Kooyong courts. Again it was in straight sets...
...Davis Cuppers for twelve years, had made a mistake. Frank Parker, nationally ranked the second best singles player of the six Americans who made the trip, complained angrily because he wasn't chosen. At 1:30 p.m. that afternoon, when Schroeder strode out before 14,500 fans in Kooyong Stadium on a slippery grass court, the pressure was on him. He was to meet Jack Bromwich, Australia's big gun, in the opening match...
...heavily to win back the famed Davis Cup, didn't try to look too good too early. He passed a preliminary singles tourney so that he would not reach top form before he wanted to. But last week the workmen were building temporary stands in Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium to accommodate the Cup crowds, and Jack...