American Tennis Queens Dominate Wimbledon Play, Daily Racing Form, 1955-06-29

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American Tennis Queens Dominate Wimbledon Play WIMBLEDON, England, June 28 UP. Top-seeded Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas swept into the mens doubles semi-finals today at the Wimbledon tennis championships and four American girls won in straight sets to assure the TJ. S. of winning the womens singles title for the twelfth straight time. . Trabert of Cincinnati and Seixas of Philadelphia the heroes of Americas Davis Cup triumph over Australia last "December scored their quarter-final victory over the unseeded team of" Bob Perry, Los Angeles, and Gil Shea, Presidio, Calif. The scores were 8-6, 6-1, 6-1. In the semL-finals, Trabert and Seixas will meet the Australian team of Ken Rose- wall and Neale Fraser. Rosewall and Frazer ousted Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Caljf and Adrian Quist of Australia in another quarter-final, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6, 6-2. In Thursdays semi-finals, Miss Hart will : play Mrs. Fleitz and Miss Brough will meet jMiss Hard. Todays triumphs assured an All-American womens final for the tenth straight time. And if Miss Hart and Miss Brough clash in it, they will set an even more remarkable record. One or the other has been in every final since the tournament was renewed in 1946 after World War TJ. Doris won in 1951 and was runner-up in 1947, 1948 and 1953. Louise won in 1948, 1949 and 1950 and was runner-up in 1946, 1952 and 1954.


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