Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tennis circles rocked when Manuel Alonso of the Spanish Davis Cup team beat William T. Tilden, II, national champion, for the Illinois State open singles title. Most critics agreed that Tilden was near his best, and that Alonso won on his own merits-placement and force in cross-court driving, plus able net work. The score: 8-6, 11-13, 6-3, 6-1. Tilden and Alonso had met several times before this season, always to the former's advantage. This upset is regarded as one of the biggest in net history. A similar occurrence was in 1921, when...
William T. Tilden, II: "My eyesight was temporarily impaired by an attack of conjunctivitis. Nevertheless, I won the Philadelphia Tennis Championship from Wallace F. Johnson...
...Peer of Tilden...
...game which Richards played was almost incredible in pace, flexibility, finish. Journalists ran dry of superlative in their attempts to do him justice and paid him the most potent compliment at their command by naming him as " Tilden's peer...
...victory gave Richards his third national championship. With Tilden he already held the indoor and outdoor doubles titles. He is 20 years...