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(N.Z.P.A.-Reuttr—Copyright) - WASHINGTON. I F. Stolle (Australia) and A. » Gimeno (Spain), two veteran , professionals, have swept to first- « round wins fa the SUSSO,OOO * "Washington Star” International . lawn tennis championships. StoUe beat the American, R. Dell, the tennis- coach at the r United States Military Academy at West Point, 6-2, 6-2, while * Gimeno beat the former United - States Davis Cup star, A. Olmedo, M. 6-1. Travel delays from Europe * have forced postponement of some matches Involving top ” players. The event brings together players from the two feuding ? factions of tennis. World Championship Tennis and the international Lawn Tennis Federation.
Such Australian stars as J. Newcombe, R. Laver, and K. Rosewall, and the Americans. S. Smith and A. Ashe, were to play » their first-round matches yesterday. «
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32660, 16 July 1971, Page 4
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