LONDON: WIMBLEDON -- DRYSDALE OF SOUTH AFRICA HAS TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST DENMARK'S JAN LESCHLY.

Record ID: 375910

  • Title: LONDON: WIMBLEDON -- DRYSDALE OF SOUTH AFRICA HAS TOUGH FIGHT AGAINST DENMARK'S JAN LESCHLY.
  • Date: 27th June 1966
  • Summary: 1. TV PAN OF CROWDS AND COURTS 0.10 2. TV DRYSDALE SERVES - PLAY 0.17 3. SV SCOREBOARD 0.21 4. STV LESCHLY SERVES AND PLAY 0.28 5. STV POINT TO LESCHLY 0.30 6. SV DRYSDALE SERVES AND WINS POINT 0.41 7. SV NET JUDGE 0.43 8. LV DRYSDALE SERVES LESCHLY INTO NET 0.49 9. SCOREBOARD 0.52 10. GTV PLAY 0.58 11. LV MATCH POINT - LESCHLY SERVES CAME TO DRYSDALE PLAYERS OF COURT 1.14 12. LV SCOREBOARD 1.17 Initials AA/V/JH/EEH EDITORS: 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: 12th July 1966 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA2KMTDBB75ACJTETLELL7NJ4DL
  • Story Text: THE ALL-ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WIMBLEDON TODAY (MONDAY) WERE OVERSHADOWED BY EMERSON'S SEVERE FALL AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT IN HIS MATCH AGAINST FELLOW AUSTRALIAN, OWEN DAVIDSON. BUT CERTAINLY THE MOST EXCITING SINGLES OF THE DAY WAS THE MATCH BETWEEN CLIFF DRYSDALE, THE NUMBER SEVEN SEED, AND UNSEEDED JAN LESCHLY OF DENMARK.

    THIS FOURTH ROUND MATCH HAD BEEN POSTPONED FROM SATURDAY AND DRYSDALE WAS EXPECTED TO HAVE A COMFORTABLE WIN. BUT THE ELEGANT SOUTH AFRICAN LOST THE FIRST SET 3-6 AND WAS OBVIOUSLY HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY WITH THE BIG SWINGING SERVICE OF THE 25-YEAR-OLD DANE.

    DRYSDALE GOT HIS TWO-HANDED BACKHAND WORKING IN THE SECOND SET AND COMPLETELY TURNED THE TABLE TO WIN 6-1. THE THIRD SET WAS A TOUGH ONE AND ALTHOUGH DRYSDALE WON HE GAVE AWAY A LOT OF POINTS WHEN MISSING COMPARATIVELY EASY VOLLEYS CLOSE TO THE NET.

    AT THIS POINT FEW THOUGHT THE DANISH PHARMACIST WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK, SINCE HE DOES NOT DEVOTE HIMSELF TO THE MAIN TENNIS CIRCUITS OF THE WORLD LIKE DRYSDALE. BUT BACK CAME THE DANE AND TOOK THE NEXT SET 6-3.

    THE LAST SET WAS MOST DRAMATIC. LESCHLY WENT AHEAD 4-2 AND THEN 4-5 WITH HIS OWN SERVICE TO COME. BUT THEN HE PLAYED WHAT APPEARED TO BE HIS WORST GAME OF THE ENTIRE MARCH AND ALLOWED THE SOUTH AFRICAN TO DRAW LEVEL. LESCHLY NEARLY BROKE BACK IN THE NEXT GAME AND THE SCORE WAS DEUCE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE DRYSDALE WON AND WENT ON TO WIN THE MATCH: 3-6, 6-1, 8-6, 3-6, 8-6.
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