IN STRAIGHT SETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 6

IN STRAIGHT SETS.

It was very unfortunate for Australia that both Quist and McGrath should have been attacked by illness before the Davis Cup tie with America, but the scores reveal that even if the whole team had been at the top of its form there would have been little hope of victory. Quist is no doubt the best of the quartet, and his absence weakened the side, |but he had no such definite superiority over Crawford as was revealed by Budge. The Crawford-Quist combination would have greatly strengthened the doubles, but here again the Australians were beaten in straight sets, and even with Quist on the court the possibility of a win would not have been very greatly increased. In the three decisive matches the Australians did not take a single set, and the Americans are to be congratulated on a brilliant performance. It is very likely now that the Cup will return to America after an absence of eleven years. Budge in lik present devastating form will probably be too strong for Austin, and certainly too good for England's second string, while the doubles pair, Budge and Mako, are on yesterday's showing good enough to account for any combination likely to oppose them.