LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21631, 15 November 1935, Page 21

LAWN TENNIS

N.Z. WOMAN ENTERS SEMI-FINALS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN N.S.W. M'GRATH FORFEITS TO HOPMAN AFTER THREE HOURS (CJTITEP rRSSS ASSOCIATION-COI'T*OBT.i (Received November 14, 11.30 p.m-) SYDNEY, November 14. The New South Wales tennis championships were continued to-day m hot weather. j Results: — j MEN'S SINGLES j Quarter-final Crawford beat Sproule, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Hopman beat McGrath, 9-7, 7-9, 6-1, 1-6, 9-8 retired. Quist beat Bromwich, 8-6, 6-1, o-o, 8-6. WOMEN'S SINGLES Quartsr-finals Miss D. Nicholls (New Zealand) beat Miss Hattersley, 7-9, 6-2, 7-5. Miss Hartigan beat Miss Stevenson, 9-7, 6-4. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Semi-finals Mrs Belts and Miss Menzies beat Miss Nicholls and Miss N. Beverley (N.Z.), 7-5, 6-3. Mrs Hopman and Miss Coyne beat Misses Hattersley and Selwin, 7-5, 6-4. MIXED DOUBLES Henderson and Mrs Harper beat. Huxley and Miss I. Poole, 2-6, 0-4, 8-6. Miss Nicholls entered the semifinals of the women's singles, in which she will meet Mis? Joan Hartigan, with a meritorious win over Miss Allison Hattersley, one of the best volleyers in the state. The New Zcalander was behind 2-4 in the deciding set, but at this stage she concentrated on deep, sliced shots to Miss Hattersley's backhand. Miss Nicholls played entirely from the baseline, and only her steadiness carried her through, as Miss Hattersley scored many points with volleys and smashes. Their inability to hit winners at the net caused the New Zealanders' defeat in the women's doubles. Mrs Betts and Miss Menzies stormed' the net at every opportunity. Henderson and Mrs Harper, a former Australian women's singles champion, "were too solid for Huxley and Miss I. Poole, especially as Huxley was below his best form. After a battle which lasted more than three hours, McGrath forfeited to Hopman because he was unwell. THE DAVIS CUP DATES OF EUROPEAN ZONE MATCHES (united rnEsa association - corvKioin.) LONDON, November 13. The Lawn Tennis Association !ins fixed the dates for the Davis Cup matches in the European /one. The draw will b? made on February 3. The first round must be completed by May 5. the second by May 17, the third by June 9. the fourth bv June 16, the final by July 13. and the challenge round by July 25.