NOISE UPSET SANGSTER

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30312, 12 December 1963, Page 26

NOISE UPSET SANGSTER

Talks Himself Out Of Game (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) PERTH, Dec. 11. Britain’s No. 1 tennis player, M. J. Sangster, allowed himself to be talked out of his singles quarter-final in the Western Australian championships today. He lost to J. Newcombe, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, after looking a sure winner.

Sangster had no trouble winning the first set, and then secured a service break In the opening game of the second set. But Sangster allowed his concentration to be broken by a photographer. After losing one point he muttered loudly: “Clickety-cllck clikety-click. clickety-click.” The photographer took the hint and retired from the court.

Sangster then began worrying about loud calls from the microphone on the adjoining court, his service fell to pieces, and it was broken three times by Newcombe, who took the second set, 7-5. Then there was a delay of about 10 minutes while the net was repaired. In the final set an extremely loud motor-mower on a back court competed with the loud umpiring calls from the No. 1 court.

Britain’s other remaining sinles player, R. Taylor, also was eliminated today, 6-3. 6-4, by F. Stolle. „ . . , In the other two all-Austral-ian quarter-finals, R. Emerson beat K. Fletcher. 6-3. 6-1. and R. Hewitt defeated N. Fraser, 2-6, 9-7, 6-3.