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...midst of defending his Australian tennis championship last week, Dick Savitt found himself in a tight spot. He dropped the first two sets of his semifinal match with Aussie Ken McGregor, won the third set, and was leading 3-2 in the fourth when it began to rain. Play was stopped, and Savitt glowered at the weather as he stalked off the court...
...Aussie, displaying the resounding all-court game that won him the U.S. title, whipped through Schroeder, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. This tied the teams at one match apiece and paved the way for the vital doubles point against the Aussies' Sedgman and Ken McGregor, U.S., Wimbledon and Australian title holders...
...match, Schroeder and Trabert did not suffer from overconfidence; they suffered from Schroeder's slipshod play. Schroeder was the only player on the court to lose his service, four times in all. Although generally considered a slam-bang player, Schroeder scored only three placements. Trabert had 17, McGregor had 19, and the indefatigable Sedgman had 24. The Aussies won handily...
...every reason to congratulate himself on his counterploy. His pickup doubles team of veteran (30) Ted Schroeder and young (21) Tony Trabert was looking better than ever. A fortnight ago, the U.S. pair was within a game of beating the invincible Aussie combination of Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, U.S. and Wimbledon champions. Last week at Melbourne, with the top Aussies separated in a Gamesmanlike experiment by Hopman, Schroeder and Trabert breezed to the title in straight sets...
Even the U.S. singles picture was brightening. Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt appeared to be rounding into top form as he whipped Lefthander Mervyn Rose, Australia's No. 3, in a five-set quarterfinal. Savitt looked even stronger as he blasted McGregor, the Aussies' No. 2, in a straight-set semifinal. That set the Stage for a long-waited showdown with Aussie No. 1, Frank Sedgman...