Word: wimbledon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Diego prodigy, Maureen ("Little Mo") Connolly. Expecting to greet the same girlish, hard-playing bobby-soxer who wept with joy last September over winning the U.S. Women's title, English tennis fans were soon puzzling over a change in Little Mo. By the time she walked on to Wimbledon's center court last week for the Women's Singles finals, it was obvious what it was: Little Mo had changed into Killer Connolly...
...swept unchecked through the Grass Courts Singles titles at Surbiton and Manchester. It was big news whenever she dropped a set. Playing the all-out attacking game-volleys, overheads, attack with the serve-that Coach Tennant had drilled her on all winter, she moved into the early rounds at Wimbledon with machine-like precision...
...semifinals, Maureen blasted Akron's steady Shirley Fry off the court, 6-4, 6-3, with unreachable placements. Then, appearing in a purplish cardigan designed by London's Teddy Tinling (who also designed Gussie Moran's lace panties), she faced Louise Brough, three-time (1948-50) Wimbledon champion, who upset Maureen last May to win the Southern California crown...
...Australia's Frank Sedgman, the London tennis title-final warmup for Wimbledon -over his Davis Cup teammate, Mervyn Rose, 10-8, 6-2; in London. Doubles winners: the U.S.'s Budge Patty and ex-Czech Jaroslav Drobny over Rose and Australian Don Candy...
...nearest thing to a Wimbledon tournament for young musicians is Belgium's International Concours. This year the aim of the contest was to crown the best young (15-30) pianist in the world, and by last week a field of 71 hopefuls from all over the world-Russia excepted*-had been weeded down to twelve survivors...