Word: sedgman
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After Australia's Davis Cup team swept through the opening singles without losing a set, one Aussie cynic was moved to remark: "Each set they win is worth an extra $10,000." As it turned out, the cynic was a cautious prophet. Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor finally dropped one set in the doubles match that clinched the cup for Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Then Sedgman whipped Tony Trabert in another straight-set victory, 7-5, 6-4, 10-8. Not until the match score stood at 4-0 could U.S. Player Captain...
...days later, cashing in on their smashing cup performance, Sedgman and McGregor announced that they were giving up the short green grass of amateur play for the long green of professional tennis: a whopping $100,000 guarantee from Pro Promoter Jack Kramer. Teaming up with Pancho Segura, Tennist Kramer will meet Sedgman and McGregor in a nationwide tour that starts in Los Angeles this week...
...Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, Australia's Davis Cup tennis team, who got off to a winging start in defense of the Davis Cup by whipping the U.S.'s best without losing a set in the opening singles matches in Melbourne. Sedgman, playing at the top of his form, blasted U.S. Playing Captain Vic Seixas, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; then McGregor trounced a tiring Tony Trabert...
...Seixas victory over McGregor set the stage for a showdown battle between the U.S.'s playing captain and Australia's Frank Sedgman, Wimbledon and U.S. champion and generally considered the world's top amateur. The big match was rained out twice before it finally began this week. Then Sedgman, who relies heavily on his speed afoot, found the wet grass courts slippery going. He found Seixas' booming service and tantalizing drop shots even tougher to handle. Seixas won, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, and became the first U.S. player to win the Victorian...
This week, just in time for the Seixas-Sedgman final, Trabert arrived in Australia. Seixas greeted him with open arms. Said Seixas: "I have felt all along that we have a good chance in the Davis Cup . . . Assuming Tony is near top shape, we should have a pretty strong team...