Evening star., 1952-07-01
-Four j. ). Girls
In Senlifina|sat
Wimbledon
Doris Hart Upset by
Mrs. Todd; Moureen
Drops First Set
BY the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Pres.
WIMBLEDON, England, July 1
-Four American women wor
their way into the semifinals o1
the Wimbledon tennis champion.
ships today.
Maureen Connolly of San Diego
Calf, Americas No. / player, lost
the first set of her match against
Mrs. Thelma Long of Australia
but won out. ST. 60, 60.
Mrs. Pat Todd of La Jolla, Calf.
upset the defending champion
Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla.
6-8, IS, 6-4; Louise Brough
of Beverly Hills, Calf, defeated
Mrs. Jean Rinkel-Quertier of
Britain, 6-1, 81 and Shirley
Fry of Akron. Ohio, eliminated
Mrs. Jean Walker-Smi of Eng
land, 6-3, 6-3. 80
Mrs. Todd Outlasts Rival.
The defeat of Miss Hart, top
seeded woman, was a major sur
prise. 1t was a case of a weary
Mrs. Todd outlasting a very tired
Miss Hart in the blazing heat.
Miss Connolly suddenly hit he1
stride in the middle of the second
|set against Mrs. Long and won
nine straight games. Mrs. Long
twice as old as the 17-year-olo
California miss, set the early pace
but found the effort of keeping
up with the youngster in 90
degree heat too much for her. She
tired rapidly in the second set.
The match lasted and hour and
five minutes, with Miss Connolly
still plagued by her wildness and
tendency to overhit during the
first set.
She gradually settled down.
When she broke through Mrs.
Long to lead. A, in the second
set. she opened up with dazzling
accurate baSeline and sideline
drives that repeatedly forced the
Australian into errors.
Wins Six Straight Games.
Mrs. Long seemed to be trying
to pace herself for the final set,
but Maureen broke her service in
the second game after trailing
15-40 That gave her supreme
confidence. She breezed in six
straight games.
After winning the first set
easily, Miss Brough ran into
trouble and once trailed Mrs
Rinkel, 5-4. She squared mat
tiers at 6-6, took the lead and
then lost her own service for a
|7-7 score. Summoning all her
reserves, she beat Mrs. Rinkel at
the net for a service break and
held her own service for a 81
set and match.
Australia's defending champion
mems doubles team of Frank
Sedgman and Ken McGregor
eliminated the Italian pair of
Gianni Cucille and Marcello Del
Bello in four sets, 6-3, Ga, 3-6,
|6-3. to reach the semifinals.
The heavy-set Italians ap-
peared to be suffering consider
ably from the heat but they made
a match of it all the way. In
the fourth set they twice made
hghtlng comebacks to hold serv-
Ice games. once after trailing
0-40 and again at 15-40.
Flam Lone American.
Little Herbie Flam of Beverly
Hills was the only American to
survive yesterdays quarter-finals
IN the mems division where both
Dick Savitt of Orange, N. j.. de-
tending champion and Vic Seixas
of Philadelphia, ranked No, in
the United States, were eliminated,
Flam's next test-a semifinals
match with Jaroslav Drobny, the
self-exiled Czech now playing out
OF Egypt-comes tomorrow when
top-seeded Frank Sedgman meets
Mervyn Rose in an Australian
semiflnal.
The men kept alive the record
that no champion has repeated
since World War II when Savitt
was knocked out by Rose, 22-year-
old Australian left handler, Ga,
3-6. Ga, 4-6. 60.
Sedgman Easy Winner.
Sedgman moved easily into a
semifinal berth opposite Rose by
brushing off Sturgess, IS, 6-1,
Go.
Flam, persistent little fellow
who returns everything that is hit
lat him, ousted the highly regard
led Seixas, GA. 3-6, 6-3, rs,
|by outmaneuvering the Philadel-
phian. AS a result, the Beverly
Hills youngster is the only sur
vivor Of Is United States starters.
The stolid Drobny whipped Aus
tralian Ken McGregor in another
five-set marathon. The Australian
champ made a game comeback
after losing the first set, 60. but
finally bowed to the Czech, 60,
l3-6, 2-6, rs, IS.