Few Upsets In Tennis Rounds

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31215, 12 November 1966, Page 17

Few Upsets In Tennis Rounds

There were few upsets on the first day of the Canterbury Show Day tennis championships at Wilding Park yesterday.

Only J. Martin (fourth) and B. W. Crofts (fifth), of the eight seeded players, failed to reach the quarterfinals. Martin had to default his third game and the match to B. Keeley, because he was feeling unwell, but Crofts made too many errors against the consistent J. Dickie. The second-seeded Miss J. Bishop lost her singles semifinal to the fourth-seeded Miss R. Legge in straight games, while the third-seeded Miss A. Smith lost her quarterfinal match to the unseeded Miss J. Patterson (Southland). The requirements of examinations greatly reduced the entries in the under-17 sections but the younger grades were better patronised. Only 34 players entered the open grades, 26 mdn and eight women.

The championships will end today. In the following results players are from Canterbury unless otherwise indicated. Results were:—

OPEN Men's Singles

First Round. —J. Griffiths beat J. Shipley, 6-1, 6-1; J. Dickie beat B. Ward, 6-2, 6-0: L. Elliott beat A. Drummond, 6-1, 7-5; D. McDonald beat G. Ellis, 9-7, 7-5; J. Martin beat P. Angland, 6-2, 6-1; B. Keely beat G. Jory, 6-1, 6-1; I. Stanton beat G. Rodley, 5-7, 6-0, 6-0; M. Healey beat D. Blackburn, 6-0, 6-0; J. Taylor beat D. East, 6-2, 6-0.

Second Round. —R. McCutcheon beat Griffiths, 7-5, 6-2; L. Legge beat Elliott, 6-2, 6-2; W. Edgecombe beat McDonald, 6-3, 6-1: Keeley beat J. Martin, 2-6, 6-4, retired; Stanton beat J. Cullington, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; P. Boatwood beat Healey, 7-5, 6-4; W. Thom beat Taylor, 6-2, 6-2; Dickie beat B. Crofts, 6-1, 6-3.

Men’s Doubles First Round.—L. Legge and P. Boatwood beat M. Healey and W. Smith, 10-8, 6-3; J. Dickie and G. Rodley beat G. Jory and J. Shipley, 6-3, 6J; D. McDonald and G. Ellis beat B. Ward and B. Keeley, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; I. Stanton and D. Blackburn beat A. Drummond and D. East, 6-1, (-2.

Women's Singles Quarter-finals. —J. Bishop beat J. Habgood, -¥>3, 6-2: R. Legge beat D. McDonald, 6-1, 6-2; J.

Patterson (Southland) beat A. Smith, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; S. Field beat S. Bruce, 6-3, 6-3. Women's Doubles Semi-finals.—S. Field and J. Bishop beat S. Bruce and D. McDonald, 6-3, 6-3; R. Legge and A. Smith beat J. Habgood and J. Patterson, 6-2, 6-2. Semi-finals.—Field beat Patterson, 6-3, 6-3; Legge beat Bishop, 6-4, 7-5.

UNDER-17 Boys* Singles First Round.—R. Webster (Southland) beat C. Alexander, Quarter-finals. —R. Tuck beat P. Groufskey, 6-0. 6-1; W. Pltama beat D. Jury, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0; Webster beat S. Tracey. 6-0, 6-1; S. Carnaby beat K. Radcliffe. 6-5, 6-4.

Boys' Doubles Quarter-final. —Alexander and Mathieson beat Tracey and Groufskey, 6-5, 6-2. Semi-finals.—Webster and Radcliffe beat Pltama and Carnaby. 7-5, 6-0; Jury and Tuck beat Alexander and Mathieson, 6-3, 6-3. UNDER-15 Beys* Singles First Round.—G. Henshaw beat B. Davis, 9-7: N. Pattinson beat P. Healey, 9-2; R. McGimpsey beat M. Peacock, 9-3; C. White beat L. Ellis. 9.8; V. Whiting beat C. Tuck, 9-4; F. Versteeg beat M. Sibley, 9-3; N. Dillon beat S. Simmonds, 9-0. Second Round.—B. Morrison beat D. Mitchell, 9-3: Patti Son beat Henshaw, 9-2; McKimpSey

beat K. McKenzie, 9-1; K. Lewis beat White. 9-1; B. Smythe beat J. Sheehan, 9-0; D. Schroeder beat Whiting, 9-4; Versteeg beat T. Cusack, 9-4; Dillon beat G. Clifford, 9.7. Quarter-finals.—Pattinson beat Morrison by default (injury); Lewis beat McGimpsey, 9-2: Smythe beat Schroeder, 9-0; Dillon beat Versteeg. 9-3. Boys* Doubles

First Round. —Davis and Cusack beat Tuck and Henshaw. 9-6; Sheehan and Simmons beat Peacock and McKenzie, 9-8; White and Mitchell beat Whiting and Sibley, 9-5; Ellis and Robertson beat Tuck and Healey, 9-7.

Girls’ Singles First Round.—J. Campbell beat L. Egan, 9-7; M. P. Cross beat D. Clark, 9-8; S. Moore beat P. Bamford, 9-2; C. Hulston beat R. Smith, 9-1; M. Haines beat E. Dunne, 9-8; G. Iredale beat A. McGee, 9-5; L. Davey beat C. Clarke, 9-5. Quarter-flnate.—E. Price beat Campbell, 9-3; Moore beat Cross, 9-1; Ireland beat Haines, 9-2; Davey beat Hulston. 9-7. Girls* Doubles Quarter-finals. Price and Moore beat Clarke and Fiddes. 9-1; Davey and McGee beat Campbell and Hulston, 9-4; Iredale and Clarke beat Smith and Cross, 9-3; Bamford and Dunne beat Egan and Homes, 9-2. Semi-finals.—Price and Moore beat Davey and McGee, 6-0, 6-3; Iredale and Clarke beat Bamford and Dunne, 6-1, 9-7.