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...Melbourne's Koo-yong stadium boiled to 112° last week, but nobody minded except the spectators (too of whom fainted in their seats) and a listless pair of players from sunny Italy. In a mismatch worthy of the Roman Colosseum, Australia's Davis Cup defenders, Rod Laver, Neale Fraser and Roy Emerson, beat back the Italian challengers 5-0, took home the 62-year-old cup for a record tenth time in twelve years...
Brutal Efficiency. The coolheaded squad that shellacked Italy last week operated with precision and brutal efficiency. Redheaded Rod ("Rocket") Laver, 23, raised puffs of chalk along the base line with his accurate overspin backhands. Neale Fraser, 28, hampered all year by a bad knee, forced the Italians into error after error with neatly placed volleys. Star of the team was wiry Roy Emerson. 25, a tireless technician who plays like a blackjack shark: he does not hit hard, but he thinks fast and rarely makes an error of judgment. Last week Emerson got Australia off to a 1-0 lead...
...American to get past the quarterfinals, Darlene beat Britain's Ann Haydon at Forest Hills, N.Y., 6-3, 6-4, for her second straight title. In an all-Australian men's final, the fifth in six years, Roy Emerson pulled a major upset, routed top-seeded Rod Laver...
...year's probation last winter by the august U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for his displays of temperament in the U.S. and Australia. Despite his adolescent antics. Ralston's graceful style and big serve made him one of the top favorites to beat out Australia's Rod Laver for the U.S. singles championship at Forest Hills this week. But just 24 hours after he and Partner Chuck McKinley (who was suspended and put on a year's probation for his conduct in the Davis Cup interzone finals in Australia last year) won the U.S. doubles championship...
Interpreting the victory as a sure sign that Laver had finally come of age, experts hurried to install him as the early favorite in the U.S. singles championships at Forest Hills in September. But they kept a sharp eye on Chuck McKinley, whose fiery spirit and hustling game could make him unbeatable when he reaches maturity...