LA WN TENNIS SWEDES WIN TEST

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27490, 26 October 1954, Page 11

LA WN TENNIS SWEDES WIN TEST

bergelin loses to OTWAY (New Zealand Press Association) o , AUCKLAND, October 25. Sweden beat New Zealand by five matches to one in the two-day lawn tennis test which concluded at Auckland today. Sweden’s only loss was suffered by Lennart Bergelin in the first singles today, when he was beaten by M. A. w- a recen t semi-finalist in the Wimbledon mixed doubles, 4-6, 8-6, 1-6 4-6.

Sven E> av idson, of Sweden, then beat ■ * 4; Barry, to whom he had twice lost m three-set matches, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Bergelin and Davidson won the final match, the doubles, by beating Otway and J. E. Robson, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Otway gained the finest victory of his career wtien he beat Bergelin. Otway took tne net at every opportunity, and nis baseline game stoed up well to Bergelm s drives. Otway took the first set at 6-4 and had a great chance of winning the second when leading 7-5, 40-15. Bergehn saved the first set point. Otway then played a drop shot that some considered won him the point, but it was ca .ycd out ’ and °tway finished the game with two double faults. Bergelin won the next two games for the set. Bergelin won the opening game of the third set, but Otway, driving beautifully and killing shot after shot at the net, won six games in a row. Services were held to 4-all in the fourth set, when Otway broke through Bergelin’s service to win the match. Apart from the opening two games, which he won, Barry never appeared to have a chance against Davidson, who played some beautiful drives and supported them with a vicious net attack. Robson and Otway, who had taken V. Seixas and M. A. Trabert to five sets at Wimbledon, made far too many mistakes in the doubles. ST. CLAIR CLUB BEATS OPAWA ANNUAL FIXTURE HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH The St. Clair (Dunedin) Lawn Tennis Club beat the Opawa Club by 23 matches to 20 in the annual fixture between the two clubs, played at Opawa on Sunday. Results (St. Clair names first): — Senior Men’s Competition Singles.—D. F. Radford beat I. D. Armstrong, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; P. George lost to W. J. K. Averill, 2-6, 6-2, 5-7; R. Ogg lost to S. F. C. Clarke, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6; J. Bosworth lost to J. Tregear, 4-6, 0-6. Doubles.—Radford and George beat Armstrong and Tregear, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2; Ogg and Bosworth lost to Averill and L. Clarke, 1-6, 2-6.

Senior Mixed Competition. Men’s Singles.—W. Pritchard beat N. Baas, 9-1; J. Lush beat H. Hunter, 9-8; J. Grey beat R. T. Stuart, 9-2; J. Banwell beat v/. D. Rawlings, 9-8; G. Dohig lost to M. A. Lockie, 4-9; R. Vallance lost to T. Jackson, 5-9; R. Ching beat R. Rollinson, 9-0; T. Cowlishaw lost to R. Anderson, 7-9; G. Crossland lost to B. Lee, 2-9; Cowlishaw beat L. Lamport, 9-7. Women's Singles.—Miss Sonia Cox beat Miss M. Pauli, 6-2, 6-4; Mrs D. Hay beat Mrs B. Johnstone, 9-5; Miss S. Field beat Miss B. Burrows, 9-5; Miss Gwen Cox beat Miss J. Newby, 9-1; Mrs G. De Bazin beat Miss J. Cressey, 9-5; Miss D. 'Goodwin lost to Miss S. Heney, 0-9; Miss P. Blair lost to Miss J. Patterson, 0-9; Miss D. Edmonds lost to Miss L. Blakeley, 7-9; Miss R. Loader beat Miss P. Fraser, 9-6. Men's Doubles.—Pritchard and Banwell beat Baas and Hunter, 9-2; Grey and Lush beat Stuart and Rawlings, 9-3; Dohig and Vallance lost to Lockie and Jackson, 4-9. V r omen’s Doubles. —Miss S. Cox and Mrs Hay lost to Miss Pauli and Mrs Johnstone, 8-9; Miss Field and Miss G. Cox beat Miss Burrowes and Mrs Jackson, 9-4; Mrs De Bazin and Miss Godwin lost to Miss Foster and Miss Newby, 5-9; Miss Edmonds and Miss Loader lost to Miss Patterson and Miss Fraser, 3-9. Mixed Doubles,.—Pritchard and Miss S. Cox beat Baas and Miss Pauli, 9-3; Lush and Mrs Hay lost to Hunter and Mrs Johnstone, 7-9; J. Grey and Miss Field beat Stuart and Miss Burrowes, 9-1; Banwell and Miss Karse beat Rawlings and Mrs Jackson, 9-8; Dohig and Miss G. Cox beat Lockie and Miss Foster, 9-6; vallance and Mrs De Bazin beat Jackson and Miss Cressey, 9-3; Ching and Miss Goodwin lost to Rollinson and Miss Heney, 4-9; Cowlishaw and Miss Blair lost to Anderson and Miss Patterson, 3-9; Crossland and Miss Edmonds lost to Lee and Miss Blakeley, 4-9; Crossland and Miss Loader lost to Lamport and Miss Fraser, 8-9.