Lawn Tennis QUEEN’S CLUB TITLES

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28927, 22 June 1959, Page 13

Lawn Tennis QUEEN’S CLUB TITLES

Indian Beats Top Players

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) i LONDON. June 23. Tiie Indian. Ramanathan Khrish- | nan. sprang anomer sensation at the Queen's Club tennis tournament today when he beat the Australian. Neale Fraser. 6-3. 6-0. in the men s ! singles (Inal. . Tiie Australian’s Service w.is no! I tunctioning at all well, and lie had no counter to Lie steady all-round inlay of Khris.man. The Indian now looks to be a big t re.it to the (turned players at Wimbledon, as lie iia< now beaten the top two seeds Yesterday he beat the ntimbei . one seed. .-Vex Ohm do. of Peru. 8-6. 4-2. ill a semi-final. Khrishn.m look the lirst set in i 23 minutes. Fraser could not tied, . touch at all. and dropped Ins ser- : i vice four tin's. He rarely got hifirst delivery in. and Krishnan was l able to pass him easily as Fraser, .came to t.’.e net alter the second ' delivery. Knrishnan. whose serve seems on.x ; a soft pat. was still able to hold >’ slifficientlv to give him the break? he needed. He again hit his volleys and drop shots with perfect timing, and often caught Fraser strand'd on the baseline, as lie did with Olmedo. Khrishnan won the second set even more easily than the first ; He allowed Fraser no games at all. land took it in 14 minutes. Fraser did not win bis service at all in this set. He hit his first service in only a few times, and when he did Krishnan more often Ilian not put it away for a clean winner. Krishnan’s return of service was I ! “xeellent. He mainly used a brilliant backhand passing snot which i swept across tiie court before Fraser I could move. ) The Australian never looked like

winning, and at no stage was he ' able to cone with the quiet play of the Indian, whose placement? down both sidelines were uncanny The young Australian pair. Frank Gorman and Bob Hewitt, easily wor the men's doubles final, beating tht Danes. Kurt Nielsen and Jorgen Lirich. It was a dull match, will the Australians far superior. The Mexican girl. Miss Yola Ra mirez, won the women's singles final She beat Miss Christine Mercelis of Belgium, in three sets. 2-6. 6-1

Results were:— Men's Singles—Semi-finals: N Fras'-r (Australia) beat F. Gorman (Australia), 6-4, 6-3: R. Khrishnaw (India) beat A. Olmedo (Peru), 8-6. 6-1, Final: Krishnan beat Fraser. 6-3. 6-0. „ , ’ Men’s Doubles.—Semi-finals: r.| Gorman and R. Hewitt (Australia) beat R. Emerson and R. Laver (Australia). 11-9. 3-6, 13-11; K. Nielsen and J. Ulrich (Denmark) beat J. W Frost and G. Mulloy (United States). 6-4, 4-6. 7-5. Final: Gorman and Hewitt beat Nielsen and Ulrich, 6-3. 3-4 Women’s Singles.—Semi-finals: Miss C. Mercelis (Belgium) beat Miss b Pericoli (Italy). 6-1, 3-0 (retired): Miss Y. Ramirez (Mexico) beat Miss R. Morrison (New Zea-

land). 4-6, 6-3. 6-4. Final: Miss Ramirez beat Miss Mercelis. 2-6. 6-1. 6 Women's Doubles. Semi-finels; Miss J. Arth and Miss D. Hard (United States) beat Miss F. Muller lard Mrs M. Reitano (Australia). 6-3. 6-3- Mrs B. Fleitz (United States) and Miss C. Truman (Britain) bea. Miss M. Bueno (Brazil) and Miss J. Hopps (United States). 6-4. 6-2. Final: I Miss Truman and Mrs Fleitz_ beat Miss Arth and Miss Hard. (-a, 6-1. Mixed Doubles.—Semi-hnals: N Pietrangeli (Italy) and Miss ‘J Bueno (Brazil) beat R. Mark (Australia) and Miss J. Arth <Unl ‘® d States), 6-3, 6-1; R. Lai er *’ s : tralia) and Miss D. Hard (Umted States) beat I. Vermaak (South Africa) and Miss J. Hopps (United States). 6-1, 5-7. 6-4. Final: Laver and Miss Hard beat Pietrangeli and Miss Bueno. 14-12. 6-4.