60's era top seed Diana Rigg avoids an upset and holds on for a win over the spunky Hayley Mills in first round action...

Sometimes the 60's may get overlooked when speaking in terms of classic movies and stars, since it comes at the tail end of the classic movie age. But I have to admit that the 8 matches that just wrapped up part one of the first round arc produced some great excitement.Take for example top seed Diana Rigg, who made it to the final four last year, had to rally to beat upstart Hayley Mills 32-29 after Mills had tied her only moments ago. It would have been a disastrous loss for Rigg and she would have had the dubious honor of being the first top seed from the previous year to lose in the opening round the following year. But she came back and held on to survive Hayley. Another exciting match was 2nd seed Jane Fonda losing to 7th seed Sharon Tate which I had called an upset special before the tourney even started. I figured Sharon had a pretty good fanbase and Fonda might have some resentment from fans that would enable Sharon to pull out a win. And win she did 30-26. 3rd seed Julie Andrews had to fend off 6th seed Maggie Smith in a thrilling match 34-26. And competing for the first time in the 60's era, was Elizabeth Taylor, who previously had competed in the 50's era brackets, dominated Vanessa Redgrave 41-17, producing the widest margin of victory in this era. Here are the complete scores for all the matches below and the other two brackets are scheduled to kick off in a few hours. I'll have those matches posted and up running soon.

Time was on Diana's side as she held on to defeat Hayley Mills

LEE REMICK 35-21 over PATRICIA NEAL
SHARON TATE 30-26 over JANE FONDA
PAULA PRENTISS 34-25 over FAYE DUNAWAY
ANNE BANCROFT 38-21 over TUESDAY WELD
JULIE ANDREWS 34-26 over MAGGIE SMITH
ELIZABETH TAYLOR 41-17 over VANESSA REDGRAVE
JEAN SIMMONS 39-20 over JULIE CHRISTIE
DIANA RIGG 32-29 over HAYLEY MILLS