Backing For Open Tennis
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE.
A senior Australian tennis official said yesterday he supported England’s plan to stage an open Wimbledon next year and declared Australia should back the idea. Mr Wayne Reid, a vicepresident of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, and one of its representatives at the recent international federation’s conference, emphasised he was expressing s personal view.
“I believe amateur bodies should act now to protect their assets before the professionals become too well organised,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 17
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82Backing For Open Tennis Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31499, 13 October 1967, Page 17
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