1964 Press Photo Alex Metreveli Refuses Top Play Abe Segal From S Africa

No-One Will Play With Him? When South African Abe Segal arrived at Wimbledon yesterday to play in the Men's Singles, he found that his Russian opponent Alex Metreveli had refused to play him as a personal protest against South Africa's racial "Apartheid" policy. Metreveli said that he had nothing personal against Segal - they shook hands afterwards - and no pressure had been brought to bear on him by his government. Later, when Segal and his Hungarian partner in the doubles, Istvan Gulyas, were changing to play, Gulyas was called to the phone and told that a cable had been received from the Hungarian Minister of Sport forbidding him from playing with Sugal. Photo shows Poor Abe Segal, with no partner or opponent, sits among some schoolgirls watching his wife playing at Wimbledon yesterday.

Photo measures 8.25 x 6 inches.

Photo is dated 06-06-1964.



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