LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21826, 4 July 1936, Page 18

LAWN TENNIS

MISS JACOBS’S FIFTH FINAL WOMEN’S SINGLES EVENt at Wimbledon BOROTRA INJURED IN DOUBLES (UNITED FBK3S ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.) LONDON, July 2. Mis Helen Jacobs, the American champion. to-day entered the women’s singles final' at Wimbledon for the fifth time. She defeated Mile J. Jedzrejowska (Poland) and will meet Mme. H. Sperling,, the German player, who -now lives in Denmark. Miss Jacobs has never won the event, although she was a finalist in 1929, 1932 1934, and 1935. and a semi-finalist in 1931 and 1933. Mme. Sperling, then Fraulein Hilde Krahwinkel. was runnerup to Fraulein C. Aussem (Germany) in 1931. „ , ■ A Mme. Sperling entered the Anal after a soporific match of long baseline rallies. Mme. Mathieu was exhausted in the second set oy her opponents inartistic, but safe and tireless game- , . .. 0 There was more vitality about the other semi-final, Miss Jacobs breaking up the much improved Mile. Jedrzejowska s hard-driving game by chops, which the Polish player repeatedly oyer-hit. Australia’s last hope rested m the hands of McGrath and Sproule. The small centre-court crowd found nothing over which to enthuse in this doubles match against Allison and van Ryn, The Americans. without effort, won in straight sets. Sproule’s overhead work was very W Borotra and Brugnon comfortably defeated the American player, Cunningham, and the Japanese player. Itoh, but during the match, Borotra ran into the stopnetting and tore a thigh muscle. He continued in pain, and he will not decide until to-morrow morning whether he will continue In the event. Results:— . Women’s .Singles Semi-finals Mme. H. Sperling (Denmark) beat Mme. Mathieu (France), 6-3, 6-2. Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.A.) beat Mile. J. Jedrzejowska (Poland), 6-4, 6-2. Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals W. L. Allison and J. H. van Ryn (U.S.A.) beat V. B. McGrath and C. E. Sproule (Australia), 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. J. Borotra and J, Brugnon beat E. Itoh (Japan) and L. CUnningham (U.S.A.), 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. Mixed Doubles Fourth Round A. M. Legeay and Mme. S. Henrotin (Francel beat J. H. van Ryn and Mrs van Ryn (U.S.A.), 6-1, 7-5. Quarter-final J. D. Budge and Mrs S. Eabyan (U.S.A.) beat F. Kukuljevic (Jugoslavia) and Countess de la Valdene (Spain), 6-0, 6-2.