On Day 1 of the ITF World Team Matches in Mexico City, USA won 3/0 in the M/W 55 & 60 2/1 in W50 and lost 2/1 to Great Britain in M50 (losing the deciding doubles in a match tiebreak).
The Men’s 60 (Von Cramm) won 3/0 vs Netherlands. Peter Smith (#2), Tom Coulton (#1) and Bill Moss/Polo Cowan all won in straight sets, though the doubles was close, 75 76 (9).
The Women’s 60 (Alice Marble) won 3/0 against Portugal behind strong performances by Fran Chandler (#2), Vicki Buholz (#1) and Gayle Prejean/Christine Paulson
The Men’s 55 (Austria) beat Portugal 3/0. Eoin Collins won convincingly at #2 but Oren Motevassel had a tough one at #1, pulling it out in three sets. Dana Gill and Vivek Varma won the doubles point.
The Women’s 55 (Maureen Connolly) beat South Africa 3/0. Ros Nideffer won at #2, Julie Cass at #1 and Nideffer/Judy Newman took the doubles point. Ros reported that the courts were very dry and very fast (the altitude is about 7200 feet).
The Women’s 50 (Maria Bueno) team won 2/1 vs Argentina with Amanda Parson-Siegel taking MVP honors, winning #1 singles 76 61 and the deciding doubles (with Isabela Iontosca) 64 64. Heather Waters fell at #1 singles to start the tie.
The Men’s 50 (Fred Perry) team lost a tight one to Great Britain, finishing doubles under the lights (after a delay, moving to a court which had lights. Sean Straley fell at #2, Willie Dann leveled the tie at 1-1 after a straight set win at #1 and Neel Grover/Art Hernandez lost the doubles point 10-6 in the match tiebreak.
Too bad there is no live streaming video of the matches like there was last year in Turkey for the 55s and Majorka this year for 65-80s. I’d love to see more of Eion Collins and Oren Montevossel playing.
Apparently that’s up to the ITF masters committee, and the organizers. I’ll see if I can find out who you should write directly, although I can pass the message along