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Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)
Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)

Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Basse(...)

Date8/8/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Who's next? Toronto's Carling Bassett looks confident after a hard-won triumph over Marcella Mesker of the Netherlands yesterday, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Bassett, seeded eighth, moves into quarterfinals of the Players Challenge against Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia today.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0031056F
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