LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20909, 17 July 1933, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS.

EUROPEAN ZONE FINAL. GREAT BRITAIN BEATS AUSTRALIA. DOUBLES AND ONE SINGLE LOST. njjpTSl' PRB?" ASSOCIATION— BT ELXCTRIO . TELEGaAPH COTTBIOHT.) (Received July 16, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 15. Great Britain won the final of the European zone of the Davis Cup competition. In the doubles on Friday F. J. Perry ■ijd Q- p - Hughes (Great Britain) beat p p Turnbull and Adrian Quist (Australia), 7*5, 0-4, 3-0, 6-3. „j n the singles to-day H. W. Austin (Great Britain) beat V. McGrath (Austral > 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. and J. B. Craw«pjd (Australia) beat 11. G. N. Lee ((Jreat Britain), 8-6, 7-5, 6-4. • Rain delayed the commencement of play i n the singles, the court being joyered. Perry, who had strained his ■hpulder in the doubles on Friday, was Jjwjaeed by Lee. The British captain decided that it was wise that Smv sfiould not play as. McGrath haying been defeated, the game against C%wford would not affect the result of th« match. The Australians were naturally dis■TOPinted with the result of the first bMbb after McGrath's promising opening In the first and second sets, in which S» seemed to have Austin's measure. SV lest the match because of faulty raking- Nevertheless, they heartily oowrrstulated England, Crawford sayjßgUiat the better team won. Austin v. McGrath. , Austin, at the beginning of the match, found McGrath hitting cleanly and confidently, attacking the corners alternately and causing the English* man to make mistakes. He was obviously determined to play Austin at his own game. McGrath led 3-0, and ihen bad lapses, double faulting, overdriving, and netting an easy smash allowed Austin to win the set. McGrath started the second set sparkflngly, and was the Englishman's! MutU until, when leading 3-1, he pre■tntfd Austin with a game by a series nf netting?, The Australian reached 44 with admirable strokes, but could not sustain his accuracy or brilliance, whereas Austin was making few erAvstin began the third set well with a J»Q lead, winning his own and Mc* Qrntn'a serviees after strenuous fighting, McGrath continued to find the Mt an impediment, but he gave his ■unporters rare hope, winning his serVWt to love. Then his errors of judgment and stroking returned, compelling him to fight a rearguard aotion pQtd !-*• Austin took the seventh game with admirable passing shots, fnwtnd was Just about to cheer a Wow Qn McGrath's service when tho lad saved with an angled drive. Austin made no mistake with his own service, Australia disappearing from the Eavij Cup competition with a ballooned drive over the base-line. The crowd, which had increased to 40,000, murmured disapproval of Qreat Britain's substitution of Lee against Crawford, whom the majority had hoped to see play Perry. Crawford v. Lee. Lee Began splendidly, his strong servioei which he varied with an occa-

sional amusing freakish break delivery, and his fast, whipped forehand giving him a lead of 4-1. Then Crawford, came „ properly into action and! won an excellent hard-hitting set by superior driving, exposing the weakness of Lee's backhand. Though it, waa questionable whether Crawford was all out, he produced strokes sufficiently near his best to delight the crown. Lee played really well, with occasional bursts of brilliant driving, catching Crawford on the wrong foot, but the latter peppered the lined with delightful accuracy, and again came from behind to win the set. SKcept when ne appeared deiibery to drop points, Crawford strode majestically through the third set against a tiring opponent. The match merely served ta emphasise the great gulf between Crawford and his teammates as singles players.

The Doubles. The doubles match was played on Friday In the presence of 4000 people, in dull weather with a frssh breeze. In the first set the first four games went with service, after brisk exchanges. Play was generally on a high level, with both sides in full fight. The Englishmen saved the eighth game, in which they were 15-40 behind on Hughes's service, but Australia led 5-4 on Quist's fine service. He was so far the best of the four. All four continued to win their services to five-all, when Turnbull dropped his, and Hughes clinched the next game for the set. England led 4-2 in the second set, both Australians making bad errors, and Turnbull failing to toss deep enough. England had three set points at s*s, but the-Australians saved splendidly, Perry, however, won ma service to 13 next game, and England led by two aeta to 0. Australia was 3-0 ahead in the third set with the loss of only three points, Hughes having dropped the first service for the Englishmen so far in the match. The games continued to go with service, and Turnbull, after a long struggle, won the ninth game for the set. . 1U . .. „ . The Australians began the fouth set rushed into a 3-0 lead. . ThTstandard of play had deterjor. Hughes ran out the winners of the set 6«8. for the match. , , , Services dominated the matcli catchy and Turnbull never so good as ChYd been against H.EVmes and The Australians doubles.

QUALIFYING SYSTEM FOR DAVIS CUP.

PARIS, July 14. The French Lawn Tennis Federation has Wiled a meeting for July 22 of »nd Sentember, with the object of J&natfn* the weakest nations in Swittm for the 1934 competit.on, W llf not be played. TOURNAMENT IN FRANCE. (Received July 16, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, July 15. In the three-day triangular tennis tournament between France, Japan, and South Africa, results were:--H. Cochet (France) defeated R. Nunoi (Japan) 12-10, 3-6, 7-5. N CL°J Bobbins (South Africa) dofeated M. Bernard (France), 6-4,10-8 Jiro Satoh (Japan) defeated V. G. Kirby (South Africa) 8-1, 0-2. K Nunol and Satoh 'Japan) defeated N G Farquharson and u. ivuoy S^a-f n b|t^G d -Kirby Vj Ifoffi/Vsouth Africa) beat E , itoh (Japan), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

EAST OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. (Received July 16, 7.30 p.m.) FELIXSTOWE, July 15. t *u« anal of the East of England Inthe flnax 0I in« Burrows • te ea? A C m stedrria P n (New Zealand), 8-4, 1-6, 6-4.