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...president of the Peruvian Tennis Federation, "two other friends and myself were the only ones who came to see him off. The Lima Lawn Tennis Club had not even let him train on its courts; he was not good enough for them." Last week Alejandro ("Alex" in the U.S.) Olmedo, 23, went home to Peru for the first time since he won the Davis Cup for the U.S. almost single-handed in Brisbane last December. This time what looked like all of Lima tumbled out to wave Peruvian flags printed with his picture and to chant themselves hoarse. The Lima...
...chant-"Olmedo! Olmedo! Ol-me-do!"-crashed across the apron as the champion, tall in his crisp blue suit, threw his arms around Sponsor Harten in an abrazo. With tears running down his face, he hugged his mother and father, his seven-year-old sister and his five brothers. That afternoon at Lima's National Stadium, President Manuel Prado decorated him with the Sporting Laurel of Peru (First Degree). Olmedo posed with the Davis Cup. then played a fast exhibition match against a fellow Davis Cup team member, St. Louis' Earl Buchholz. Appropriately, Olmedo...
Jack Kramer's contribution to our Davis Cup victory was tremendous. TIME says that Olmedo's game was sharpened under the watchful eye of Jack Kramer. Many of our members believe Olmedo would not have been here to play for the U.S. had it not been for George Toley, U.S.C. coach and pro for this club. He spent countless hours perfecting Olmedo's game and persuaded him to stay here when he became unbearably homesick for his native Peru...
Tandem Tactics. At Brisbane the Chief led off for the U.S. against Anderson, and from the first serve it was obvious that he found the match interesting. Before the astonished eyes of 18,000 Australian partisans, Olmedo charged repeatedly for killing volleys, managed an upset victory 8-6, 2-6, 9-7, 8-6. Then Barry MacKay lost as expected to Australia's Cooper to tie the match score. But next day Olmedo teamed with Ham Richardson in the doubles against Anderson and Neale Fraser. The U.S. pair promptly lost the first two sets, had to rally desperately...
...final day Olmedo was matched against Cooper, generally rated the world's leading amateur. Alex seemed unawed, showed up for a strategy workout with Gonzales, displayed to dressing-room interviewers a pair of underdrawers decorated with gorgeous women. "This way I never run out of girls," he grinned. In voluble Spanish Gonzales suggested Olmedo's strategy: keep the ball low on the wet court, use lobs to drive Cooper back from the net, move around to upset the Aussie's second service. It worked. Charging to the net, the Chief forced the attack, punched his volleys accurately...