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France's towering (6 ft. 7 in.) Yvon Petra stomped onto Wimbledon's famed center court wearing a white jockey cap and a belligerent look. His wife had just found him a steak. Said she: "With a beefsteak inside him, he can always win." She was right...
...little-known fellow Californian-23-year-old Tom Brown of San Francisco-still had a chance. He upset Ecuador's flashy Pancho Segura last week, now had to get past (among others) Czechoslovakia's sizzling Jaroslav Drobny and France's veteran, 6 ft. 7 in. Yvon Petra to win. The U.S. women, led by Pauline Betz and Margaret Osborne, were still going strong...
...overconfident and undertrained. In Paris last week, they squeezed past Yugoslavia in the first two matches, then lost the rest. France's No. 2 star, Pierre Pellizza, looked so pitiful that he was withdrawn midway through the competition. The No. 1 star, balding, 6 ft. 7 in. Yvon Petra got too tired in his final match to run after the ball. The score: Yugoslavia 3, France...
...pride & joy is Yvon ("Le Terrible") Petra, 30, a 6-ft.-7 terror. Le Terrible can rifle a serve with all the velocity of Tilden at his best. Petra spent 18 months in a German prison camp with his 6-ft. Davis Cup mate, Pierre Pellizza...
Since the liberation, French tennis stars of the gay, bygone days have been creeping back in the news. (Notable exception: flamboyant Jean Borotra, last reported under arrest as Vichy's ex-Sports Director.) This week Yvon Petra, a native of Indo-China, captured the French championship by defeating former Davis Cupper Bernard Destremeau, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2. Then dapper little Henri Cochet, 45-year-old ace of the '20s, paired with Pierre Pellizza to win the doubles crown from Petra and Destremeau...