Word: santana
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...then there was Manuel Santana. Not all Spaniards fight bulls. At 28, Santana is a lively master from Madrid who aims baseline volleys the way Manolete used to place swords. The winner of last year's U.S. national championship at Forest Hills, he is a precisionist without a big serve, a tactician who learned his artful game on the relatively slow clay courts of Spain. He does pretty well on the faster grass...
...last day, when it no longer mattered, Santana finally came to life. Serving brilliantly and handling Emerson's own, fabled serve with care, Santana beat the Aussie 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 15-13 for Spain's lone victory of the matches -and set off a delirious demonstration by 400 banner-waving, wine-swigging Spanish fans, who broke through police lines and danced across the court in a conga line. Their hero was more subdued. "Today there was no pressure on me," he admitted. "I play better tennis that way." Loser Emerson announced that he intends...
...just want to smell the grass," explained Arilla. Added Star Player Manuel Santana: "Don't worry. We will take the Davis Cup back with...
They were lucky to leave with their sneakers. In the first singles match, Australia's lanky Fred Stolle outlasted Santana in a three-hour marathon 10-12, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5. Then Roy Emerson effortlessly disposed of Juan Gisbert 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. That gave the Aussies a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. At that point Captain Harry Hopman decided to give his first team a rest. For the next day's doubles, he called on a pair of youngsters-John Newcombe, 21, and Tony Roche...
...Spain's Manuel Santana, 27: the U.S. National Singles tennis championship, beating South Africa's Cliff Drysdale 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 in a final match that was interrupted for 40 min. by rain; at Forest Hills, N.Y. Ranked No. 3 in the world (behind Australia's Roy Emerson and the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston, both of whom were eliminated in the quarter-finals), Santana spent the recess buying 15 pairs of wool socks to wear over his sneakers for better footing on the muddy court, limited Drysdale to one game the rest...