BEATEN AT LAST.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 7

BEATEN AT LAST.

; Miss Joan Fry Beats Miss , Nut hall. I —"— ! ENGLISHMEN'S PAIRS WINS. j i Kecoired 11 n ai ) LONDON", June 2S. Miss Betty Nuthall's career was • stopped !>y Miss .loan Fry, England, in a j 1 sensational match in the centre court I at Wimbledon. Betty, who was I Abviou-ly favourite, captured the first set comfortably after leading 4 —o. through Miss Fry's service placing offtimes beinjr faulty. This made Miss Nut ha II s ta-k easier. In the second .-et. Miss Fry altered her tactics, hitting harder and superbly spotting the sideI lines. After levelling at —3 she forced i | .Mi-s Nuthall to out-drive. Miss Nut-I hall's service also weakened. Miss Fry I kept tip her severity and in the final | set had Mi-s Nuthall missing all ove- j the court. Ihe crowd of 'Betty'' sympathisers maintained a gloomy silence when she! was two down, but cheers greeted a tine service effort levelling the game at 3—3. i A service are put Miss Fry ahead, and | thereafter she was irresistible. Miss Kyan obtained victory over the champion, Mrs. Cod tree, simply by a matter of tactics, running in on her side shot and then chopping a half-court shot at. a clincher. Nevertheless, it was one of Mrs. Godfree's off da vs. | .Miss .1 nan Fry next meets Miss Wills, j who hitherto has been transcendant. I Tilden in Form. | The outstanding match at the Wimble don lawn tennis championship meeting was that in which the American representative, Tilden. defeated Brugnon (France). Thi.» victory admitted Tilden] to the semi-finals. j I The Frenchman pluckilv took the first three games. Then Tilden asserted his superiority and won the next three and went on t<> win the set. i Often a ball flashed past Brugnon j before he had recovered from the pre- 1 vious stroke. Tilden took the first four games of' the second set at a bewildering pace, j There was then an hour'?, delay owing to rain. Brugnon had established a lead o! i o—o in the third -et when plav was I again delayed. Although Brugnon won 'this set Tildcifs hittiup was the more I severe. The American won the fourth' | -et and the match. i Men's Doubles. ! Third round.—C'role-Kees and Eanies • ; iKiigland) beat Borotra and Lacoste ; (France) <i—l. -I—ti. ti—"2. 4—li, 0 1; I i Higgs and Lester (England) beat Harada ! and Washburn (U.S.A.) 2—ti. 3—<>, (j—2,, i ti—(. ti—J. ! I Women's Singles. Fifth round.—Mi-s Hyan beat 1 i'Jodfrcc. —<i. ti—4. ti !; Miss Will-' J l>ea t .Mr-. Peacock ti— 1 ; Mi— [ •loan Fry heat Miss Betty Nuthall. | I —ti, ti—ti—4; Signorina de Alvarez.' beat Mr-. Wat.-ui: ('—.'!—ti, s> —ti. i Men's Singles. Fifth round.—ljico-te beat Kozeluh I ' !>-—t. —•'!. ti I: Borotra heat Timnier t t'.— 1. :!—ti. ti—.'i. t'i—(i; rochet tx^at' Hunter t America j —ti. G—2. ( ; j ' Miss .loan Frv. like Miss Betty Nuthall.j j created a sensation on her first at Wimbledon ill 192 a. tor she got into the) final ot tlie women's singles to be beate-i Iby the incomparable Suzanne. Mlie. jLenplen. Asred '-2. and a Staffordshire girlj I she Jias Keen since riu'lit in the forefront; jot English tennis, so that her victory can-! I not be said to b« altogether unexpected. |