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...eared Bill Talbert, unbeaten in nine tune-up tournaments, admitted that his game was better than ever; the 64th United States Lawn Tennis Champion ships looked like a breeze. Then Sergeant Frank Parker flew in from Guam, 10 lbs. thinner and fitter, razor-sharp from Marianas matches with Wayne Sabin, Don Budge and Bobby Riggs. Said Singles Champion Parker: "My game is better than ever...
...cheered as madly as a mannerly tennis crowd could for Elwood Cooke's brave but hopeless stand against methodical Frankie Parker. In the other semifinals, Ecuador s pigeon-toed Pancho Segura learned once again that his two-fisted drives and self-satisfied "Bravos" were no match for Bill Talbert's power strokes. Talbert won easily at the cost of a twisted knee...
Lots of Alibi. Overnight, Talbert's knee stiffened so he could barely walk. But he limped onto the court with a crack: "There's nothing wrong with my knee, except I can't bend it." Somehow, he covered enough ground to beat Parker the first two games. Then, when the count had evened at 4-all, the two battled through 18 games without a break in service. The crowd of 12,000 rose to applaud - and stretch - when Talbert's tremendous serve put him ahead, 12-11. But after doing the impossible on one good...
...last gasp of the tennis season was an encore to the national championships at Forest Hills: in the Pacific Southwest finals at Los Angeles this week, Sergeant Frank Parker again topped 4-F Bill Talbert (6-4, 6-8, 8-6), and U.S. Champion Pauline Betz again bested Runner-up Margaret Osborne...
Labor Day was Talbert's 26th birthday. He hoped it was a good omen for his finals match with Sergeant Frank Parker, the onetime boy wonder and Davis Cupper, whose mechanical, methodical steadiness had often carried him close, but never quite to, the title. Parker, with a day of rest after his four-set semifinal win over Lieut. Don McNeil, was on the top of his smooth game. Talbert's only hope was to reach the net, and he seldom managed it except in the second set. Parker...