UPSET IN FRENCH TITLES
BUDGE PATTY BEATEN (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) P ) PARIS, May 24. A Filipino, Felicissimo Ampon, provided the first major upset in the men's singles at the French international tennis championships yesterday, when he beat America’s Budge Patty, seeded No. 6, in straight sets.
Drobny, the title-holder, entered the quarter-finals when he beat Rex Hartwig (Australia) by three sets to one. under a broiling sun. .Hartwig, on his first overseas tour, gave a splendid display of attacking tennis to win the second set, but Drobny was too experienced. His outstanding form makes him the favourite to win the title for the third time. The Australian, Mervyn Rose, was not in good form in his fourth-round match against Enrique Morea (Argentina), and when bad light 'caused play to be abandoned, the score (Rose mentioned first) was Tl-6, 6-8, 3-6, 8-6. Scores:—
Men’s Singles.—Fourth round: Drobny beat Hartwig, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Ampon beat Patty, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Mulloy beat Deyro, 8-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27048, 25 May 1953, Page 12
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