to seal victory with hard fought marathon win over Hammersley in five sets. Bédard lost the fifth match dead rubber to Ayala. Canada lost to Mexico 4-1 in Mexico City. Canada began 1955 Cup play with an expected comfortable opening win over the West Indies. Bédard defeated Trinidadian Ian McDonald in four sets in the first match and teamed with Don Fontana to win the doubles rubber in straight sets, as Canada won 5–0. Canada next faced 1954 runner-up and eventual 1955 champion Australia in the America Group final. The tie was chosen by the Canadian Davis Cup Association to be played in Montreal at the Mount Royal Tennis Club, on grass, despite the fact that both Bédard and Main were outstanding on clay. Bédard had the unenviable task of opening proceedings against World No. 2 (amateur) Ken Rosewall, and lost the match in four sets, Lorne Main lost to Hartwig. Bédard and Fontana lost the doubles rubber in four sets as well, Fontana lost a dead rubber to Hoad in singles. Bédard's won sets were the only two sets during the tie that Canada won. The following year Canada again opened with a win over the West Indies, this time in Port of Spain and dropping only one set. This set up an encounter with the United States in Victoria. Fontana was soundly defeated by Ham Richardson to open the tie. In the second match, Bédard won the first set against Herb Flam, 6–2, before succumbing to his more accomplished opponent. The two Canadians then came back from dropping the first set to go up two sets to one against Ron Holmberg and Barry MacKay in the doubles, only to lose the last two sets, and with it the tie. Bédard lost a dead rubber to Richardson in straight sets and Paul Willey gave the Canadians some consolation in winning the fifth match over MacKay. In 1957, Canada played just one Cup tie, losing 2–3 to Brazil in Montreal. Bédard played the opening match and twice came from a set down against Carlos-Alberto Fernandes only to lose the close fifth set. Fontana squared matters in winning the second match over Armando Vieira, also in five sets. In the crucial doubles rubber, Fernandes and Viera proved too good, winning in four. Fontana then went down in straight sets in the fourth match. Canada started the 1958 campaign superbly, playing at