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Photograph caption dated August 17, 1963 partially reads, "A badly shaken United States Davis Cup team took to the steaming center court at the Los Angeles Tennis Club today hoping to salvage some chance of beating Mexico in the American Zone finals. It took the Mexican team and its brilliant No. 1 man, Rafael Osuna, exactly 19 minutes Friday to destroy U. S. hopes for a 5-0 sweep of the three-day match." Photograph caption reads, "Mexico's Rafael Osuna volleys in Davis Cup match - He defeated the United States' Chuck McKinley Friday."
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