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...first he modestly tried to beg off, claiming urgent business in Paris. "But tennis is like alcohol once it gets in your bloodstream," said Sargent Shriver, 52, U.S. Ambassador to France, and there he was at Wimbledon competing in the Veterans' Gentlemen's Doubles. Bounding nimbly across the court, stretching for volleys, scrambling for lobs, Shriver and Partner Robert Kelleher, president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, easily defeated their first-round opponents 6-2, 6-0. Next day, though, they were paired against Jaroslav Drobny and A. V. Martini, a couple of old hands at the game...
...American twist wins a lot of tennis matches- but a British twist finally won the big one. A twist of the arm that is. Faced with Britain's decision to ermit professionals as well as amateurs to compete at Wimbledon this year, representatives of the 65-nation International Lawn Tennis Federation met in Paris and voted "unanimously" (two unidentified nations abstained) to sanction open tennis on a worldwide basis thus granting the pros first-class citizenship at last and freeing the sport from the shackles of "shamateurism...
Australia is threatening to prohibit its top amateurs from playing at Wimbledon - mainly for fear of having them wiped up by the pros, a circumstance that would damage the prestige of the Davis Cup (which the Aussies have won 21 times) and of amateur tennis in general. Italy's tennis officials are so angry at the espousal of open tennis that they are trying to get Britain expelled from the I.L.T.F...
...players ever get a chance to vote, there is little question of how the balloting will go. Australia's John Newcombe, the world's No. 1 -ranked male player and the defending Wimbledon champion, says that he will defend his title even if he has to turn pro to do so. California's Billie Jean King, who won this year's ladies' crown at Wim bledon, will be back, too: "I favor open tennis," she says realistically and practi cally, "and I would be happy to play it." Arthur Ashe, the No. 2-ranked...
male player and America's best hope for the future in Davis Cup competition, is also willing to risk losing his amateur status to play against the pros at Wimbledon. "I will play if I can get leave," says Ashe, currently serving as a lieutenant in the Army. "I'll stick my neck out - regardless of whether the U.S.L.T.A. backs Britain...