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Francisco ("Pancho") Segura from Ecuador turned up in U.S. tennis two years ago as a two-handed freak. By mid-1942 he looked more like a two-handed champion. Every tennis player in the country whistled last July when Segura batted his way through the strong Czecho-Slovakian, Ladislav Hecht. 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. An urchin-like figure with a pigeon-toed slouch and a dark Indian face, Segura addresses a forehand shot as if he were about to kill it with an ax, often whirls so far off the ground that he seems to be swung...
...Mercer Beasley. For a decade one of the first ten ranking U.S. players, Parker developed the steadiest game in contemporary U.S. tennis, but he could never win against brilliance, had never won the national title. This year gave him his chance. The first full test came when he met Segura in the semifinal round...
Parker's dark sunglasses, grave face and deliberate air help his reputation as a "colorless" player. Tennis connoisseurs found nothing insipid in his management of the first two sets against Segura. Hitting with perfect length on both forehand and backhand, using always the exactly appropriate stroke, and subtly increasing the pace and angle of his shots when Segura left the court slightly open, Parker made just seven errors in two sets. Segura seemed lucky to get one game...
...gallery, however, will be rooting for Francisco ("Pancho") Segura, a twinkle-toed, 21-year-old Ecuadorian with a grip like a baseball player's. Last year Segura was long on crowd appeal but short on court tactics. This summer, after seasoning on the grapefruit circuit, he won four clay-court tournaments in a row. Little Pancho can play on grass too. Last week at Longwood (last tune-up before the National), his tricky trapshots clouted his confounded opponents right through the final, where he licked Gardnar Mulloy...
...much experience and accuracy for the '46 player. Everts couldn't break through Moley's cannonball service though until the sixteenth game. And he called it "the fastest service" he has seen in a long time which is high praise from someone who just last week played "Pancho" Segura, the Equador Champion who has been doing so sensationally on the tournament circuit this summer...