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...fourth year in a row Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") Gonzales, 27, demonstrated that he is the best tennis player in the world. In the finals of the world professional championships at Cleveland he whipped Ecuador's Pancho Segura (in table tennis scoring...
During the evening Pancho bounced his racquet on the floor, hit and kicked the ball into the stands, indignantly had the net measured, berated the ballboys, and, incidentally, dropped an exciting tennis match to Tony Trabert...
Both held their services, Trabert volleying sharply and Gonzales hitting some beautiful soft passing shots, until the score was 7-7. Then Trabert broke Pancho's serve, Gonzales went into one of his periodic sulks, and Trabert went on to take the set and match. He has now won seven, while Pancho has won fifteen...
...second set, Trabert again broke Pancho's serve, at which point Gonzales sent a ball screaming into the stands. Trailing 4-1, Pancho, spurred on by a shrill "Go, go, Panch" from the stands, broke Trabert's powerful serve for the first time. His game picked up considerably, and following a series of sensational passing shots, he tied...
...tour's opening match Saturday, the ever-popular Pancho Segura had little trouble with newcomer Rex Hartwig, winning 8-4 in a Kramer set. Pancho's "automatic" two-handed forehand was as effective and colorful as ever, though his backhand was somewhat weak. He would frequently run as far as the doubles alley on the left side of the court to avoid hitting a backhand. Hartwig was disappointingly erratic. He seems easily the most dispensable of the crew. Segura has won sixteen matches, Hartwig five...