TENNIS IN ENGLAND

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 143, 19 June 1922, Page 10

TENNIS IN ENGLAND

THE KENT TOURNEY. (From Our Special Correspondent.) LONDON. ,lun e xd. Iv the semi-final of the ladies' singles at the Kent lawn tenuis championships, Mrs Bjurstodt Mallory (United States) 'was beaten by Miss MeKanc, England's strongest hope against Mdlle. I-cnglon at Wimbledon, v—l. 2—G. o—3. .In the final. -Miss McKaiie beat Misi Ryan, C—3, G—3, Iv the semi-final of the. men's singles, R. AY. ,£.ycett (Australia) beat Pysee (India), _ —0, C—4. .Liout.-Culonel Kiugscote (England) beat Baron de Morpurgo (the Italian Davis,Cup player), 7—D, 4—o, G — l. In the final, Kingscotc beat Lycett, G—S, B—l, retired.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) In the North London championships last week Captain Barclay, the ex-Tasinnni«n player, beat, Baron do Morpurgo. Moriiiirgo proiluqed a service as- wonderful as Patterson's: .His backhand' drives were the hardest ever seen. on. an English court, and his play iv nine consecutive games would have broken up any opposition. He reached 6-3 and .30 to O.tn the third set, and shonld have won. but the umpire did not sight the ball, and Morpurgo sportingly refused the wlnnlnt point. After this he was worn down by Barclay's steadiness anil perse vera nee, . -i , '