The state of U.S. amateur tennis has gone from the sombrous to the ludicrous. Last week, for the fifth time in the last seven years, the U.S. Davis Cup team was beaten in preliminary interzone play, and was thereby eliminated from the challenge round against Australia. The previous losses, at least, were to Mexico, Italy (twice) and Spain—all of whom have solid credentials in international tennis. Last week's defeat came in Brazil, where sportswriters spent much of the week trying to explain to their readers just what the Davis Cup is. Only...
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