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SEIXAS OVER SEDGMAN...
...Seixas of Philadelphia upset Australia's Frank Sedgman yesterday in straight sets--6.4, 6-4, 6-4-to win the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championship...
...Australia, which already boasts three of the world's best amateur players (Sedgman, Ken McGregor and Mervyn Rose), has such strength in depth that a pair of downy-cheeked 17-year-olds named Kenneth Rosewall and Lewis Hoad may well keep the Davis Cup in Australia for another decade...
Ouster & Outlaster. The double upset by the youngsters left four Australians in the round of eight (McGregor defaulted in the first round because of a pulled muscle). Next day, thanks to the luck of the draw, Sedgman ousted his teammate, Hoad; Mulloy, playing one of the best games of his career, outlasted Rosewall jn five sets. The other semifinalists: Rose, Aussie No. 3, who whipped Dick Savitt, the U.S.'s No. 2, in straight sets; ig-year-old Ham Richardson, the U.S.'s No. 7, who outlasted Straight Clark in five sets...
Again the luck of the draw worked to pit the Australians and Americans against teammates. Sedgman whipped Rose in straight sets; Mulloy outfought and outthought Richardson, also in straight sets, to go on to the final...