LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22437, 25 June 1938, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

MENZEL’S NARROW ESCAPE HARD-FOUGHT GAME WITH CHOY THIRD ROUND ENTERED AT WIMBLEDON (uirmro pksss associatto*—copyright.) (Received June 23, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 23. R. Menzel (Czechoslovakia) had a narrow escape from defeat by the slightly-built Choy in the second round of the men’s singles at the lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon to-day. He was behind 2-4 in the fifth set, but led 6-5. The Czech then crashed through to victory in the final games. Results:— Men’s Singles Second Round R. Menzel beat Choy, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6. Third Round Kho Sin Kie beat Collins, 8-10, 6-2, 8-6, 6-2. Henkel beat Boussus, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Mako beat Brooks, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Hecht beat Sharpe, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Budge beat Rogers, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1. Puncec beat Anderson, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4. Mitic beat Procopio, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0.

Women’s Singles Second Round Miss Helen Jacobs beat Miss J. Ingram, 9-7, 6-3. Frau Sperling beat Miss G. Wheeler, 6-0, 6-0. Miss M. C. Scriven beat Miss Scott, 6-3, 6-4. Third Round Mdme. Mathieu beat Miss ■ Curtis, 6-0, 6-3. Women’s Doubles First Round Mme. Andrus and Mme. Henrotin beat Miss Joan Hartigan and Miss J. Wilson, 8-10, 6-0, 8-6. Second Round Mrs Fabyan and Miss Alice Marble beat Mile. Jedrzejowska and Miss Thomas, 7-5, 6-3. Miss T. Coyne and Miss N. Wynne beat Miss Brown and Miss R. Jarvis. 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Mme. Mathieu and Miss Yorke beat Mme. Couquerque and Miss Wheeler. 6-3, 6-3, Mixed Doubles First Round Hare and Miss Brown beat Coombe and Mrs Mellow, 8-6, 6-1. Boussus and Miss Wynne beat Lucking and Miss Osborne, 6-1, 6-2. Hughes and Miss O’Connel beat David and Miss Hartigan, 3-6, 8-6, 6-4. Brugnon and Miss Coyne beat Hamburger and Mrs Lucas, 6-2, 6-1, Butler and Miss Heeley beat Dalles and Miss Stevenson. 6-2, 6-3. . Second Round Puncec and Mrs Hopman beat Pettigrew and Miss Mavrogordato, 6-4. 6-4. Borotra and Mrs Helen Wills Moody beat Menzel and Miss Howard. 6-3, 6-4. Henkel and Mrs Fabyan beat Geelhand and Mme. Demeuhneester. 6-3 4-6, 6-1. Shayes and Miss Saunders beat Mako and Mile. Jedrzejowska, 6-3, 6-2. Budge and Miss Alice Marble beat Macphail and Mrs King, 6-0, 6-1.