- Title: UK: WIMBLEDON TENNIS TOURNAMENT - DAVIDSON BEATS PILIC
- Date: 20th June 1966
- Summary: 1. LV EXT. WIMBLEDON 0.05 2. LV DAVIDSON SERVING 0.17 3. LV SCOREBOARD ZOOM BACK TO COURT DAVIDSON SERVING 0.36 4. LV SCOREBOARD 0.38 5. LV DAVIDSON SERVING, MATCH POINT 0.55 Initials AA/V/BHH/SGM SPORT: TENNIS FOR USE IN REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWS PROGRAMMES ONLY. NOT MORE THAN TWO MINUTES MAY BE USED IN EACH OF TWO SEPARATE BULLETINS PER DAY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 5th July 1966 13:00
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- Location: LONDON
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA8L9BBHYIUXZ6EZG3NHML568SR
- Story Text: THE ALL-ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP -- KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SIMPLY AS "WIMBLEDON" -- OPENED AT THE IVY-CLAD BLUB IN SOUTH-WEST LONDON TODAY (MONDAY). TRADITIONALLY THE FIRST DAY IS MEN'S SINGLES DAY.
IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR YUGOSLAVIA. N. PILIC. THE YUGOSLAVIA DAVIS CUP AND A POPULAR CAMPAIGNER AT WIMBLEDON WAS BEATEN BY O.K.DAVIDSON, ONE OF THE MIGHTY AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.
PILIC WENT DOWN IN STRAIGHT SETS: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
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