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...1.Art Larsen...
...Radcliffe senior class decided Wednesday that it wanted to have an outdoor Commencement just like Harvard, and appointed Jane Larsen '52 to head a committee to investigate the change. Annex Commencement has traditionally been held in Sanders Theatre...
What followed was some remarkable tennis and a big letdown. Sedgman, in superb condition, took exactly 49 minutes to blow Larsen off the court, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0. Tennis buffs could not recall another time in the 70-year history of the men's tournament when the U.S. champion had taken such a one-sided thrashing. It was hard to say whether any part of Sedgman's game was notably better than the rest as he fed Larsen a paralyzing assortment of burning serves, deadly volleys and deep, sure ground strokes...
...Larsen, incredibly, seemed to have expected victory. When the execution had been carried out he mumbled: "I thought I had this one locked up . . . He was like a pistol...
Next day Sedgman warmed up for a game or two, tried Seixas out, then cut loose with a well-rounded attack that collapsed Vic's defense and rolled him up, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1, in 48 minutes, one less than for Larsen. Said Sedgman, with massive understatement: "I've been playing pretty well in this tournament...