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i : Seixas Defeats Hoad to Gain Wimbledon Semi -Final Berth Nielsen, Danish Champion, Upsets Rosewell as La r sen Loses to Australias Rose By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England, June 29. Kurt Nielse, a dark-haired Dane who brushed up on his English and tennis as a California ; University student, became the giant-killer of the 67th Wimbledon Championships today when he whipped number one seeded Ken Rosewall, Australias little wonder boy, -7-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-0, 6-2. Th e unseeded 22-year-old Dane thus moved into the semi-finals over two of the tournaments favorites. In the previous round, he walloped Americas number one, Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables, Fla. Youth was served at Wimbledon today served with such a punishing assortment of big services and forehand smashes that the other Australian prodigy, 18-year-old Lew Hoad, joined his doubles chum in exiting from the singles under the stroking of 29-year-old Vic Seixas of Philadelphia. Seixas, the number two seed, had to fight all the way against the burly, sixth-seeded Hoad before he clinched the only American berth in the semi-finals, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 9-7. The most "Venerable" Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt, throttled himself down to low gear to beat Swedens 24-year-old Sven Davidson, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0, and move into the semi-finals rounds for the fifth time in eight years. The southpaw Czech still favored his left leg because of a muscle pulled in his 93-game marathon victory over Budge Patty last Thursday, but his superior experience enabled him to thwart the Swedes efforts to turn it into a running match. Rose Now Plays Seixas Third-seeded Mervyn Rose of Australia saved the day from becoming a complete Australian debacle by whipping seventh-seeded Art Larsen of San Leandro, Calif., 6-3, 6-3, 16-14. He now plays Seixas in one semil-final while Drobny and Nielson meet in the other. It was not the most exciting day of tennis Wimbledon has ever seen the absence of the colorful tennis personalities of old was being lamentel on all sides but a crowd of 27,600 poured through the turnstiles, pushing the total attendance for the meeting thus far over the 190,000 mark. Rosewalls defeat by the mustachioed Dane stunned the seeding committee, but was apparently no surprise to the Australian manager, Harry Hopman, who called a press conference -to explain it. Hopman, a veteran racket wielder himself, said he did not wish to detract from Nielsens victory, but that Rosewall had been suffering from an upset stomach since last night. He said this accounted for the exhaustion apparent as early as the third set "when anyone could have seen it was only a matter of time." Rosewall coasted through the fourth set in the hope of regaining some of his strength, but was too weakened by a restless night to have any reserves. "Hes been going off form all week," Hopman said, adding that he had not been confident Rosewall would win. He had, however, hoped that Hoad would boom through on his magnificent service. "He had his chance against Seixas today," Hopman said. The victory also was no surprise to the happy-go -lupky Nielsen. "I know I can beat Rosewall. His reputation doesnt mean a thing to me. If reputation meant anything to me, Id have lost to Mulloy," Nielsen said before playing the Aussie champion.
