TENNIS TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 24, 29 January 1938, Page 21

TENNIS TOURNEY.

AUCKLAND TITLES.

SEMI-FINALS DECIDED.

BEVERLEY SISTERS BEATEN.

The only real surprise in the penultimate day of the Auckland lawn tennis champ.onships at Stanley Street yestertlay was the defeat of the holders of the women's doubles, Misses Margaret and * Rl lay,Or - The latter P«i«- thus i 2nd B T tO p n , leet • Misses Pamela Co ° k e -ri h Blsh °P in the final. strait f f tan \r a n g ' rls Went down '" stia.ght sets Well as the winners plaved, ron f' ry f T? ul u l ? ot have S° ne to them so on fortably had not the younger Beverley (hoMer of the senior and intermediate ■-•inKles championships) been unable to do levseli justice on account of figuring in so many ot her events during the day lir l £ e " lain edition ° f the "Auckland Star went to press yesterday the l>. C. Coombe v. N. F. N. Bedford'semihnal was in progress. Bedford, who was popularly fancied to eliminate the Xew Zealand champion and Davis Cup plaver, was leading by two sets to one and "his M.pporters wire feeling happy with themselves. (. oombe, however, was by no means disposed of. He quickly ran' to a j—l Jead in the fourth set. After Bedford evened the score Coombe forced th,pace and led 4-3. Again his opponent toutfit back and in a vantage set Coombclmched victory at 8-6, after Bedford herl squared the match at 5-5 with two onlliant dropshots on either wing. There were some wonderful recoveries In th» thirteenth game by Bedford, some of whose passing shots were dazzling. oombe- nevertheless, evened up the rubber. The fifth set wae a triumph for the Dime Cup player, as he repeated his J imam performance, last season, bv outplayine Bedford, who had on that' occasion also taken Coombe to five sets in the Xew Zealand final. The latter's fiercserving and taking the net At a crisis nmtled Bedford into errors. The younger player must, however, be given great credit for a dogged fight when trailing '—a— but he eonld not maintain the pressure after picking up a couple of games Kesults of later stages in all 14 event* c ■ i , meetlng, """hie" was scheduled to finish late this afternoon:— .MEN'S SINGLES. Seml-flnals.—A. l>. Brown bent X. O heat N. F. Bedford. o—6, 6—4, I—6, B—6, WOMEN'S SINGLES. Semi-finals.—Margaret Beverlev boat E Plummer. 7—5, 4—f,. 6—2 ; B. L. Bishop beat Pamela Cooke, 2—6, 6 4, 6 4. MEN'S DOUBLES. Semi-finals.— J. W. Gunn and X. G. Sturt boat M. F. and R. R. l, e es, fi—3, o—o hI^? : T D T, C ■ Coomh e and A., C. Stedman « oJo " oacl > an <l D- Livingstone, 6—l. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. Semi-finals.—M. .T. Maefnrlane and R lay lor beat N. nnd M. Beverley. 6 4 £— 8; P. Cooke nnd B. 1,. Bisliop'neat M. Olenny and E. Plummor, 6—4, 6 3. MIXED DOUBLES. Koml-finals. —N. G. Sturt and Miss M. J Macfnrlane boat D. Livingstone and Miss \fiJ f v e< S 'T 3 ' 5— 4: J - «'• filln " «n.l \t !! « " Pver,PV h p ''t R- D. Sharpe and Miss M. Gtenny, 7—5, 6—4. B GRADE. MEN'S SINGLES. _ Somi-finals.—R. D. Sharpe beat E. H Orbell «—4, 5—7. 4—6, 7—5, R—3 : A S Burns beat J. D. Lewis, 6—3, B—lo, 6^-o' WOMEN'S SINGLES. i Semi-finals—X. Symes beat J. Smith (Mangere East). 6—3, B—6 ; Bebe Cooke beat Leonie Bishop, 6—3, 7—3. LOWER GRADES. INTERMEDIATE BOYS' SINGLES Wh n o n er * flD o lß^ S - MrU failure beat O. Satcheli, 6—2, 6—l ; J p Run h»n» K Clark, 6-3 ; a'. W. Allen "eaTs »' Hooper, 6—3. 6—3: .R. Matuechka won from A. S. Burn by default. INTERMEDIATE GIRLS' SINGLES. Semi-final.—Pamela Cooke beat M Hodges, 6—3, 6—4 INTERMEDIATE BOYS' DOUBLE 3 Semi-finals.—A. W. Allen and R Mattisehka bent B. Broun and A. S. Burn*' ' P« J? — -• A - s - I-amond and O. Sateheii e—4 Clements and B. Williams, 6 3, INTERMEDIATE GIRLS' DOUBLES. Quarter-finale.—D. Marr and J. McL Wallace beat M. Radford and E. Stewart. p— 2 - 6 —l= P. Mitchell nnd B. Sherlock beat Leonie Bishop and X. Syinee, 6 —l 6—4. Seml-flnals.—M Reverley and P. Cooke beat M. and R. Hodjres, 6—3, 6—3. INTERMEDIATE MIXED DOUBLES. Quarter-finals.—A. \\\ Allen nnd Miss M- " everl> y beat A. S. Burns and Miss M. Radford, 6—o. 6—2 ; B. McL. Wallace ami Miss B. Sherlock beat \V. T. Pountney and Miss M. Hodges, 4—6, 6—3, 6—3 • A 8

Lamond and Miss E. Stewart beat J. B. Smith and Miss W. Smith (Kuiheke), 7—o. o— 4 : B. Broun and Miss P. Cooke won by default from J. H. Moller and Miss X. Sjrmes. Semi-finals. —B. Broun and Miss P. Cooke beat A. S. Larnond and Miss E. Stewart, 7—5, 6 — 4. JUNIOR BOYS' SINGLES. Qnarter-flhals. —O. Satcheli bent J. SmUh, 6—4, 7—5 : J. H. Moller beftt E. Williams, 6—4, 6—2; B. Broun beat T. Knowies, 6—o. β-l. Semi-final.—O. Sateliell beat J. H. Moller, 6 —3, 6—3. JUNIOR GIRLS' STNGLES. Semi-finale. —B. Sherlock beat B. Potter, I 7—o, ; N. Sjmes beat J. Smith (Mangere East), 5 —7, 7 —5, 6—3.