TENNIS FINALS IN U.S.

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22492, 29 August 1938, Page 11

TENNIS FINALS IN U.S.

QUIST AND BROMWICH

BEATEN

DAVIS CUP PROSPECTS

SET BACK

DISAPPOINTING FORM SHOWN

IN DOUBLES

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(Received August 29, 12.5 a.m.)

BOSTON, August 27. Results in the American doubles tournament are:— Men’s Doubles Final

J. D. Budge and C. G. Mako (United States) beat A. K. Quist and J. Bromwich, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.

Women’s Doubles Final

Miss Marble and Mrs Fabyan (United States) beat Mme. Mathieu and Mile. Jedrzejowska (Poland), 6-8, 6-4, 6-3. *

Mixed Doubles Third Round

Mrs Coyne and Bromwich (Australia) beat Mrs van Ryn and Allison (United States), 6-2, 2-6, 8-6.

Semi-Finals

Miss Coyne and Bromwich beat Miss Wynne and Quist, 7-5, 6-4. Miss Marble and J. D. Budge beat Mrs Hopman and Hopman, 6-3, 6-3. Final Miss Marble and Budge beat Miss Coyne and Bromwich, 6-1, 6-2.

Australia’s Davis Cup hopes were set back by the doubles final, in which Bromwich and Quist played listlessly, never threatening the Americans, and disappointing • the crowd of 4000 which was drawn by the prospects of a close match. The Americans were devastating. Budge was at his invincible best. Mako played one of the best games of his life. Bromwich was adequate, but evidently ill at ease and suffering from nervous tension. Quist was far from his best and erred frequently. Neither was able to cope with the Americans’ service. The ground, strokes of Budge and Mako and their smashing were terrific, and their accuracy was almost mechanical. Finding themselves unable to match stroke for stroke, the Australians resorted to lobbing, but the pace on the balls was so great that they were unable to control them. Perhaps the fewer details of the match written the better,'since it was just a monotonous notching of American points. Budge and Mako took the offensive .from the start, and the Australians never- held the lead. Their best positions were 2-3 in the first-set, 2-5 in the second, and 1-4 in the third.

Long rallies were infrequent. However, the Australians did show flashrs of brilliance, but the episodes usually ended in their netting easy shots ingloriously.

The match shocked American sportsmen, who- widely favoured Australia’s Davis Cup chances. George Lott told the Australian Associated Press that Quist seemed too anxious to guard his backhand, which Lott felt was adequate to cope with Budge’s service, A Stirring Contest " The women’s final was a stirring contest in which . every point was hotly disputed. The Americans’ retention of the title was due to Mrs Fabyan’s brilliance. Miss Marble was uncertain and repeatedly netted or over-drove at critical stages. Mrs Fabyan, who V\as held the title six times, rose to, great heights, volleying superbly. She covered more of the court than she would if Miss Marble had been supporting adequately. But for this Mme. Mathieu and Mile. Jedrzejowska would certainly have won. They played sparkling tennis. Mme. Mathieu’s courtcraft was delightful. Mixing'her game, she constantly harried the Americans and played them out of position. The Americans lost the first set 6-8, after leading 5-2 and dropping two set points. They steadied in the second set, when Mrs Fabyan broke through at 4-4 to win 6-4: After a 10 minutes’ interval the diminutive Mrs Fabyan returned with strength renewed to score with more crisp volleys. The final set wa : s won from 3-3.

“AUSTRALIANS OFF

FORM”

NO EXCUSES OFFERED BY CAPTAIN

(Received August 29, 1 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 27

The sporting editor of the “New York Times” says the showing of the Australians was so far below expectations that suspicion arose in some quarters that they were holding back, as Patterson and Wood did in 1922, and will show. a complete transformation in the challenge round.

The Australian captain, H. Hopman, said he was terribly disappointed. “There are no excuses,” he said. “Bromwich and Quist were just off form. I do not regard their defeat as a Davis Cup criterion, Ido not think Budge and Mako can do it again.” The team will go to Philadelphia on Sunday.