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...tentative rankings, released a month ago, the U.S.L.T.A. put Tony Trabert, national clay court champion, in the No. 1 spot. Vic Seixas, national grass court finalist, was ranked No. 2. In the No. 3 slot: Australian and Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt. After last week's meeting, the ranking order was juggled in topsy-turvy fashion, but not before a lot of gratuitous advice had been thrown in from the sidelines...
...national champion. Amid resounding applause from the assembled delegates, McNeill pointed out that players are ranked on their tennis ability, and personal prejudice should have nothing to do with ranking. The ranking committee, ignoring Shields's remarks, proceeded to raise Savitt from No. 3 to 2, dropped Trabert from 1 to 3, elevated Seixas to the No. 1 spot...
...Line-Up. When U.S. Captain Shields announced his team line-up before the matches, he chose veteran (30) Ted Schroeder and Johnny-come-lately (28) Vic Seixas to play singles. As expected, Schroeder was teamed with Tony Trabert in the doubles...
...Letdown. The Aussies had cannily broken up this invincible pair in an earlier tournament in order, they said later, to make the U.S. team overconfident. In the match, Schroeder and Trabert did not suffer from overconfidence; they suffered from Schroeder's slipshod play. Schroeder was the only player on the court to lose his service, four times in all. Although generally considered a slam-bang player, Schroeder scored only three placements. Trabert had 17, McGregor had 19, and the indefatigable Sedgman had 24. The Aussies won handily...
Next day in the doubles, the Aussies were again shaking their heads-this time in amazement at Schroeder's shaky performance as he and Trabert dropped the first set to Sweden, 10-12. The U.S. players finally got their signals straightened out, won the match, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2, and clinched a shot at Australia in the Challenge Round. The final singles matches, just a formality, gave the U.S. a 5-0 sweep. But the result threw the U.S. line-up for the Cup matches against Australia into another tailspin. It was obvious that the U.S. doubles...