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Married. Australia's Tennis Star Frank (Francis Arthur) Sedgman, 24, U.S. singles champion and holder (with Partner Ken McGregor) of the Wimbledon, French, U.S. and Australian doubles titles; and Margaret Jean Spence, 21, daughter of a Melbourne professional golfer; after their "wedding gift fund," scraped up by the public in appreciation of Frank's decision to stay "amateur" (TIME, Jan. 4), swelled to $12,150; in Melbourne...
...McGregor put on his spiked shoes and indicated that he was ready to play. But Savitt, who refuses to wear spikes, testily told Referee Frank Piper: "I forfeit in singles and doubles." Savitt figured that McGregor might have an unfair advantage; he somehow failed to figure that he was doing nothing to counteract the recent charge made in Manhattan by Davis Cup Captain Frank Shields that Savitt had been no "credit either as a player or a representative of America...
...McGregor won four of the next five games, and the match, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, beating the player who had whipped him for the Australian and Wimbledon titles last year...
...hour later, Savitt was up to his neck in hot water again, and again he lost. He and Richardson were playing in a postponed final set of a doubles match with McGregor and Frank Sedgman. Both Savitt and Sedgman won their serves in the opening games. Then Richardson, the only player on the court consistent enough to hold his service in the first four sets, footfaulted three times in the first two points of the third game. Savitt threw his arms in the air, stopped play, and demanded to know what was wrong. He was told that Richardson was swinging...
Savitt, who gained a few sympathetic fans when Shields failed to name him to the Davis Cup team, and gained even more last fortnight when Shields unloosed his intemperate blast, finally had his comeuppance. And McGregor, who had also gained sympathy when he failed to get a singles berth on Australia's Davis Cup team, finally had his day. McGregor this week pulled a stunning upset by beating Doubles Teammate Sedgman, U.S. champion, 7-5, 12-10, 2-6, 6-2, for the Australian title...