Prank Shields, the '19-year old national junior champion, has struck the first blow for the United States the quarter-finals, by amazingly defeating the French Davis Cup re~ presentative and foremost European stylist, Brugnon, in straight sets, 7-5, 6—1, 6-0. serge Lott also enters the semifinals. He beat John Doeg, 6—2, for the day at six o'clock this evening when the scores in the quarter-final between F. T. Hunter and Crawford of Australia were 7—5, 3-6, 6—3 and in that between Cochet and Mangin 4—6. Cochet had won the first game of the second set when play was stopped.
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