DAVIS CUP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 258, 1 November 1933, Page 7

DAVIS CUP.

AUSTRALIA'S CHANCES "QUIETLY CONFIDENT." QTJTST AND TURNBTTIi SPEAK. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") NAPIER, this day. The two Australian tennis players, Adrian Quist and Don Turnbull, who appeared at Hastings, are queitly confident in respect to Australia's chances of winning the Davis Cup at next attempt. They are by no means "cock sure," but they are satisfied Australia's chances are at least equal to those of any other nation. Explaining that matches in the Davis Cup rounds consisted of four singles and one doubles, Turnbull said: "We hope and expert that Crawford will retain his form and be able to win two singles against any nation." He expressed the opinion also that on present form Australia's best doubles pair should come from Crawford, Hopman, Quist and himself. Quist had other reasons to advance to explain Australia's good prospects. It was expected, lie said, that the Commonwealth's strength in singles play all round should be improved by the visit of the British trio, Perry, Wilde and Ldc, who leave New Zealand shortly to spend the major part of the coming season iu Australia. The four Australians who had had the opportunity of visiting England, the Continent and America this year had all benefited from the experience which they had gained, and matches during the coming season against the British players should give further improvement to the singles form of all the Commonwealth's leading players. The value of constant experience against leading players, as a means of improving the standard of tennis, was stressed by Turnbull. The Dominion's leading players, he said, already showed a standard, and constant experience against teams representing other countries would do much to improve their strength. New Zealand could muster a team capable of defeating many of the nations at present competing for the Davis Cup. Both visits to other countries and experience against touring players were considered by Turnbull to be of the greatest value in giving experience for players who had the opportunity to tour. The greatest value came, however, after their return to their own country. While they were actually on tour, constant travelling imposed a strain which in a certain measure offset the value of this experience.