- Title: UK: WIMBLEDON WIN FOR MARIA BUENO OF BRAZIL AGAINST LAURA ROSSOUW OF SOUTH AFRICA
- Date: 27th June 1967
- Summary: 1. GV COURTS 0.03 2. CU ZOOM BACK FROM SCOREBOARD TO GV COURTS 0.08 3. SV CROWD 0.10 4. GV MISS BUENO SERVES IN FIRST SET, ROSSOUW WINS POINT 0.20 5. SV CROWD 0.21 6. GV BUENO SERVES, BALL JUST IN & BUENO WINS POINT 0.27 7. GV SCOREBOARD - BUENO LEADS 5-3 IN 1ST SET 0.29 8. GV ROSSOUW SERVES & LOSES POINT, GAME & 1ST SET 0.40 9. GV SCOREBOARD BUENO WINS 1ST SET 6-3 0.44 10. SV ROSSOUW WALKS ACROSS COURT 0.50 11. SV CROWD 0.51 12. GV BUENO RECEIVING LONG VOLLEY, ROSSOUW WINS POINT 1.07 13. GV CROWD 1.09 14. GV ROSSOUW SERVES VOLLEY & LOSES POINT 1.15 15. SV CROWD 1.17 16. GV BUENO SERVES & WINS POINT 1.29 17. SV CROWD 1.31 18. GV MATCH POINT, BUENO SERVES & WINS GAME, SET & MATCH. TWO PLAYERS WALK OFF COURT 1.41 19. GV SCOREBOARD 1.43 20. GV PLAYERS OFF COURT 1.51 Initials FF/V/MGT/SGM SPORT: LAWN TENNIS EDITORS: FOR USE IN SCHEDULED NEWS PROGRAMMES ONLY. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 12th July 1967 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, UK
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAEJ8R0P17X1CJR4SNQH7LIC9QM
- Story Text: THERE WERE NO SURPRISES FOR THE EXPERTS AT WIMBLEDON TODAY (TUESDAY) ON THE SECOND DAY OF LONDON'S INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. BRAZILIAN STAR MARIA BUENO, THREE TIMES A FORMER CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, TOOK 44 MINUTES TO BEAT HER FIRST OPPONENT, LAURA ROSSOUW OF SOUTH AFRICA.
MISS BUENO BROUGHT FLASHES OF THE ARTISTIC BRILLIANCE WHICH CARRIED HER TO VICTORY IN 1959, 1960, AND 1964 TO TODAY'S MATCH, AND TOOK ONLY TWO SETS TO DEFEAT MISS ROSSOUW, SHE, FOR HER PART, FOUGHT VALIANTLY THROUGHOUT THE GAMES, BUT SHE SEEMED UNABLE TO COUNTER MISS BUENO'S STRENGTH OF STROKE.
HOWEVER, MISS BUENO'S SUCCESS WASN'T WITHOUT ITS FLAWS - DURING THE COURSE OF THE MATCH SHE GAVE FIVE DOUBLE FAULTS.
IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO MISS BUENO'S POWER THAT THE MATCH ONLY RAN INTO TWO SETS, LEAVING THE FINAL SCORES AT 6-3, 6-1.
TODAY WAS TRADITIONALLY 'LADIES DAY' AT WIMBLEDON, WITH INTEREST IN THE ON-AND-OFF-COURT FASHIONS RIVALLING THE TENNIS ITSELF AS A MAJOR ATTRACTION. HOWEVER, OWING TO THE BACKLOG OF 22 MATCHES CAUSED BY FOUR OF WIMBLEDON'S 16 COURTS BEING OUT OF ACTION YESTERDAY FOLLOWING UPON SUNDAY'S TORRENTIAL RAIN, THE WOMEN WERE OBLIGED TO SHARE A LITTLE OF THEIR GLORY WITH THE MEN.
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