sentences:  Jaroslav Drobný, who was 32 at the time of the competition, was Czech-born but was said to play "like an Englishman".Drobný was extremely popular with British tennis fans, and no British player had made it to the 1954 quarterfinals, the longest-surviving home player in the men's singles being 18-year-old Mike Davies, who was knocked out in the fourth round by Budge Patty.The "Daily Herald" reported that nearly everyone wanted to see Drobný win the title.