Monday September 17, Los Angeles, CA
The USA Men’s 85, Women’s 80 (Doris Hart Cup) and Men’s 70 (Jack Crawford) teams won today in Umag.
The Crawford Cup team beat Turkey 2/1, with Cup rookie Laurie Hammel making his singles debut. He lost a tight match, but Geoff Moore won handily at #1 singles and combined with Brent Abel to take the doubles point. They finish 2nd in their group and will play for 8th Wednesday-Friday.
The Hart Cup Team trounced Australia 3/0. Burnett Hedrick and Roy King won the singles points. Carol Wood/Dori DeVries won the doubles.
The Men’s 85 beat Germany 3/0. Saul Snyder and Joe Russell won the singles points and George McCabe/Chuck Nelson won the doubles.
Tomorrow all USA teams except Men’s 70 are in actions.
Photos are from Carol Wood and Brent Abel.