LAWN TENNIS WIMBLEDON TITLES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26465, 5 July 1951, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS WIMBLEDON TITLES

MISS BAKER BEATS MRS DUPONT FOUR U.S. PLAYERS REACH WOMEN’S SEMI-FINAL (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. July 3. Miss Beverley Baker, the 21-year-<>ld ambidextrous Californian player, cieated a surprise at Wimbledon to-day when she beat the United States champion, Mrs Margaret Dupont, in the quarter-final o< the womens singles. Mrs Dupont won the Wimbledon title in 1947, and was beaten in the final last year. Miss Baker used her two-handed forehand drives with such devastating effect that she soundly beat Mrs Dupont, who used every shot she had without avail. Miss Baker will now meet in the semifinal the American, Miss Doris Hart, favpurite to take the title from Miss Louise plough, whose semi-final opponent is Miss Shirley Fry. Miss Fry won the French title last month.

, The two remaining Englishwomen in the women’s singles made a gallant but vain fight to-day to prevent an allAmerican competition. Miss Kay Tuckey went out after three sets to Miss Louise Brough, and Britain’s only seeded player, Mrs Jean Walker-Smith, was eliminated after two hard sets by Miss Shirley Fry. Muss Fry’s greater power and variety of shots told in her favour. Results:— Women’s Singles Quarter-finals.—Miss Louise Brough beat Miss Kay Tuckey, 5-7, 6-1. 6-3; Miss Shirley Fry beat Mrs Walker-Smith, 8-6, 6-4; Miss Doris Hart beat Miss Nancy Chaffee, 6-3, 6-3; Miss Beverley Baker beat Mrs Dupont. 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Men’s Doubles Third Round.—Sedgman and McGregor beat Johansson and Destrameau, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Drobny and Sturgess beat Cawthorn and Tregonning. 6-1, 6-3, 8-6; Cucelli and Delbello beat Burrows and Clark, 6-4, 7-5, 16-14; Patty and Richardson beat Cernik and Matous, 8-6, 4-6, 9-7, 3-6. 6-4. Fourth Round.—Mulloy and Savitt beat Macken and Maine. 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Mixed Doubles Fourth Round.—Sedgman and Miss Hart beat Rinkel and Miss Schmier, 6-0, 6-1-McGregor and Mrs Dupont beat Garrett and Mrs Hibbert; 6-1, 6-1; Davidson and Miss Fry beat Kumar and Mrs DawsonScott, 6-4, 6-1.