USA: ROD LAVER THROUGH TO FINAL OF MEN'S SINGLES AS FELLOW-AUSTRALIAN MARGARET COURT WINS WOMEN'S SINGLES IN US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

Record ID: 636616

  • Title: USA: ROD LAVER THROUGH TO FINAL OF MEN'S SINGLES AS FELLOW-AUSTRALIAN MARGARET COURT WINS WOMEN'S SINGLES IN US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Date: 8th September 1969
  • Summary: PLAY BETWEEN LAVER AND ASHE; PLAY BETWEEN MRS COURT AND MISS RICHEY; US VICE-PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW PRESENTING CHAMPIONSHIP CUP TO MRS COURT (NATURAL SOUND). Initials WW/VS/AS/JKP SPORT: TENNIS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd September 1969 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, USA
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA9DKPN6XDW8HLWVG8FQRTTK5UC
  • Story Text: TOP-SEED ROD LAVER OF AUSTRALIA TOOK ONLY EIGHT MINUTES YESTERDAY (7 SEPTEMBER) TO COMPLETE A STRAIGHT-SET SEMI-FINAL VICTORY OVER DEFENDING CHAMPION ARTHUR ASHE OF THE US IN THE MEN'S SINGLES OF THE US OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, WHILE FELLOW-AUSTRALIAN MRS MARGARET COURT OVERCOME AN EARLY BOUT OF ERRORS TO DEFEAT AMERICAN NANCY RICHEY IN STRAIGHT SETS TO WIN THE WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE.

    THE MATCH BETWEEN LAVER AND ASHE WAS INTERRUPTED ON SATURDAY (6 SEPTEMBER) BY DARKNESS WITH THE SCORE 12-12 IN THE FIRST SET.

    LAVER, WHO HOPES TO ADD THE $16,000 (GBP6,600 STERLING) TOP-PRIZE US TITLE TO HIS FRENCH, AUSTRALIAN AND WIMBLEDON WINS, BROKE ASHE'S FIRST SERVE OF THE DAY AS THE LANKY NEGRO COMMITTED THREE VOLLEY ERRORS, FOOT-FAULTED FOR A DOUBLE FAULT, AND HELD HIS OWN SERVE TO 30 TO WIN 8-6, 6-3, 14-12.

    TAKING NEARLY A SET TO GET HER HARD-HITTING GAME UNDER CONTROL, POWERFUL MRS MARGARET COURT DOWNED MISS RICHEY 6-2, 6-2 IN AN ERROR-FILLED MATCH TO TAKE THE $6,000 (GBP2,500 STERLING) FIRST PRIZE MONEY.

    MRS COURT, WINNER OF THE FRENCH AND AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLES THIS YEAR AND THREE-TIMES FOREST HILLS CHAMPION AS AN AMATEUR, BROKE THE AMERICAN'S SERVE TO LOVE IN THE THIRD GAME OF THE SECOND SET TO END ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE OUTCOME.
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