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...Line-Up. When U.S. Captain Shields announced his team line-up before the matches, he chose veteran (30) Ted Schroeder and Johnny-come-lately (28) Vic Seixas to play singles. As expected, Schroeder was teamed with Tony Trabert in the doubles...
Shields's choice placed an almost unbearable burden on semi-retired Schroeder, and it ignored the man who, on the basis of his Wimbledon and Australian championships, is generally considered the U.S.'s No. 1 player. Dick Savitt, who had been blasted earlier by Shields for his "stupid" play, promptly sounded off: "I still think the deal was arranged before we ever left America. I've been beating Ted in practice...
...order of the day last week. After Seixas put the U.S. team in the lead by routing Mervyn Rose, 6-3, 6-4, 9-7, Ted took the court against Sedgman. The 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...
...Letdown. The Aussies had cannily broken up this invincible pair in an earlier tournament in order, they said later, to make the U.S. team overconfident. In the 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...
Next day in the doubles, the Aussies were again shaking their heads-this time in amazement at Schroeder's shaky performance as he and Trabert dropped the first set to Sweden, 10-12. The U.S. players finally got their signals straightened out, won the match, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2, and clinched a shot at Australia in the Challenge Round. The final singles matches, just a formality, gave the U.S. a 5-0 sweep. But the result threw the U.S. line-up for the Cup matches against Australia into another tailspin. It was obvious that the U.S. doubles...