- Title: UK: WIMBLEDON: ROD LAVER BEATS ARTHUR ASHE TO REACH MEN'S SINGLES FINAL
- Date: 3rd July 1968
- Summary: LAVER - ASHE MATCH (NATURAL SOF THROUGHOUT). Initials GEM/V/CCT/EEH EDITORS: THIS FILM IS FOR USE IN SCHEDULED NEWS BULLETINS ONLY ONLY. SPORT: TENNIS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th July 1968 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVA84MR48SNLIA1UX7IDN8TQJ6FI
- Story Text: ROD LAVER, THE AUSTRALIAN PROFESSIONAL, WON THROUGH TO THE MEN'S SINGLES FINAL OF THE WIMBLEDON OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON TODAY (WEDNESDAY). IN A SUPERB 75-MINUTE DISPLAY OF RUTHLESSLY EFFICIENT POWER TENNIS HE CRUSHED THE THIRTEEN SEEDED AMERICAN, ARTHUR ASHE, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.
THE 29-YEAR-OLD FROM QUEENSLAND, HAD THE CROWD GASPING AT THE SPECTACULAR PACE AND ACCURACY OF THE SHOTS HE SPRAYED TO ALL PARTS OF THE COURT. THE RALLIES WERE VERY FAST...THE 12 GAMES OF THE FIRST SET TOOK ONLY 25 MINUTES.
ASHE, U.S. ARMY LIEUTENANT FROM VIRGINIA, BROUGHT OFF SEVERAL BRILLIANT WINNERS, BUT THE TIDE OF DEFEAT WAR RUNNING AGAINST HIM.
IN THE THIRD SET, THE 24-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN HAD THE CROWD APPLAUDING HIS REARGUARD ACTION WHEN HE PULLED UP FROM 0-4 TO 4-5. BUT LAVER THEN ADMINISTERED THE COUP DE GRACE BY SERVING A LOVE GAME.
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