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...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...
...Peak. No one could doubt that the new pros had earned their pay. Out-gunning and outgeneraling the U.S. players at every turn, Sedgman never let either of his opponents get really set, much less launch an attack. Seixas, who had sent U.S. hopes soaring when he defeated Sedgman in the Victorian tournament, was no match for Sedgman at the top of his game. And Trabert, on a 29-day Navy leave, was so badly out of condition that he collapsed in exhaustion under the blistering pace set by rangy Ken McGregor in his opening match...
Aussie tennis fans were understandably glum over the departure of their two top players. Only a year ago they had persuaded Sedgman to stay on as an amateur with a $12,000 "wedding gift" to his wife; this year Sedgman and McGregor were offered a string of filling stations, and insurance jobs guaranteeing them salaries of $11,225 a year within four years. But Sedgman was sure Australia had nothing to worry about: "We feel that Mervyn Rose, Lewis Hoad, Ken Rosewall and other youngsters will keep the Davis Cup in good hands." Now 25 and at the peak...
Against the Best. Promoter Kramer was just as eager for the tour to start. Though seven years older than Sedgman, Kramer still commands the all-court game that won him two U.S. singles titles and one at Wimbledon and helped bring back the Davis Cup from Australia in 1946. In his pro tours, Kramer has whipped the best available: Bobby Riggs, 69-20; Pancho Gonzales, 96-27; and Segura...
Said Kramer, with an eye on the turnstiles: "I can beat Sedgman. In amateur tennis, you might play 25 tough matches in a year. We'll be playing 90 singles matches in five months, plus lots of doubles. I can promise they'll all be tough...