1.
GV. SPECTATORS.
0.05

2.
TV PAN.. MISS HARD SERVES, PLAY, MISS HARD PLAYS BALL OUT OF COURT. (15-ALL).
0.20

3.
SCU MISS HARD.
0.22

4.
TV PAN..MISS HARD SERVES, PLAY (15-30).
0.28

5.
SCU MRS. SUKOVA.
0.32

6.
LV PAN..MISS HARD SERVES, PLAY, SCORE 15-40.
0.45

7.
SCU MISS HARD.
0.47

8.
SV MRS SUKOVA.
0.53

9.
TV PAN..MISS HARD SERVES DOUBLE FAULT, GAME TO SUKOVA.
1.08

10.
SCU MRS. SUKOVA.
1.11

11.
LV SCOREBOARD: 6-4, 6-3.
1.14



Initials EHR/B-V/WS/PB


SPORT: TENNIS
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Background: MISS DARLENE HARD (UNITED STATES), SEEDED SECOND IN THE WIMBLEDON, U.K., TENNIS TOURNAMENT, WAS BEATEN IN THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE WOMEN'S SINGLES JULY 3 BY MRS VERA SUKOVA (CZECHOSLOVAKIA). MISS HARD LOST BY 4-6, 3-6.

MISS HARD'S DISAPPEARANCE FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE. SHE SERVED DOUBLE FAULTS, HER VOLLEYS HIT THE NET, AND HER DRIVING WAS AWRY. SHE WON THE FIRST THREE GAMES - AND THEREAFTER NOTHING WAS SEEN OF HER NORMAL FORCEFUL AND AGGRESSIVE GAME.

MRS SUKOVA - ALWAYS A FORMIDABLE HARD-COURT PLAYER BUT UNTIL NOW NOT MUCH OF A MATCH WINNER ON GRASS - PLAYED SOME GOOD, STEADY, COMMON SENSE TENNIS. SHE HIT SOUNDLY AND TOOK NO UNNECESSARY RISKS. EARLIER IN THE TOURNAMENT, MRS SUKOVA BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPION - MISS ANGELA MORTIMER (BRITAIN).