Junior Tennis Moves Quickly

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31764, 22 August 1968, Page 6

Junior Tennis Moves Quickly

The speed with which matches were played in the Anderson and Hill junior tennis tournament at Wilding Park yesterday surprised even the organisers. Bitterly cold conditions contributed to the desire to move on with games, and results according to form and few long matches prevented delay. By last evening the semifinals had been reached in a number of the sections and it is now expected that the tournament will be completed on Friday instead of Saturday, even though entries are as many as last year. In spite of the difficulty of seeding young players with any certainty only a few of the seeds were eliminated from singles.

Seeded eighth In the under-17 boys’ singles. K. Lewis withdrew because of an injury but M. Sibley, the seventh seed, lost to R. Adams. R. Dillon, seeded fifth, was beaten by M. Barton in the under-15 boys’ singles, M. Brosnahan, the fourth seed in the under-15 girls lost to the Southlander. L. Johns, the fifth-seeded, L. Lewis, lost to B. Loughnan, S. Sparrow, seeded sixth, lost to a North Otago player, J. McMillan, playing in her first tournament, and P. Eckhardt, of North Otago, seeded eighth, was eliminated by J. Phillips. Johns won both the under-13 singles and doubles at this, tournament last year, but Brosnahan was ranked fourth on the Canterbury under-15 girls list at the end of the season and so had the seeding. The entry from North Otago had some success in the under--13 boys’ singles. Out of a field of 24, 10 were from North Otago, eight of them were in the second round and two—B. Simpson and T. Ormandy—are into the third round. Ormandy’s devotion to tennis is such that he refused an offered trip to Fili so that he could play in this tournament.

One of the harder matches yesterday was between the top seed in the under 17 girls* singles, K. Davey, the top Canterbury under-17 girl, and the unseeded P. James. After winning the first set, 6-0, Davey was up 5-4 and 30-15 in the second set but lost it before winning the final set comfortably. Results (players are from Canterbury apart from those described as N. 0., North Otago, Sth, Southland, and Marl., Marlborough):— UNDER 19 Beys’ Singles First Round.—l. Webster beat D. Ross, 6-1, 6-8, 7-5: R. Tuck beat P. Simpson, 6-2, 6-0; M. Morrison beat P. Watson, 6-0, 6-1. Boys' Doubles First Round.—M. Morrison and R. Tuck beat D. Ross and R. Simpson (N. 0. 6-3, 6-1; I. Webster and R. Webster beat D. Ross and R. Simpson, 6-4, 6-4. UNDER 17 Boys' Singles First Round.—M. McLean beat W. Low, 6-4, 6-3; D. Dawkins (Marl.) beat P. Bobby. 6-3. 6-1; D. Schroeder beat B. Batchelor, 6-5, 6-1; J. Whitford beat A. Keast, 6-3, 6-3; J. Cory beat S. M. Paterson, 6-0, 6-0.

Second Round. —Cory beat K. Lewis by default; N. Dillon

beat D. Nesbitt, «-l, S-2; L. Smith (Sth) beat Schroeder, 6-3, 6-2; N. Pattinson beat Whitford, 6-0, 6-1; G. Clifford beat Dawkins, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; F. Versteeg beat McLean, 6-0, 6-2; B. Smyth beat P. Mathewson, 6-4, 5-6, 6-2; R. Adams beat M. Sibley, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Boys' Doubles First Round.—P. Mathewson and P. Bobby beat D. Nesbitt and A. Keest, 6-9, 6-4; D. Schroeder and M. Sibley beat S. Roberts and M. McLean, 6-4, M.

Second Round.—B. Smyth and N. Pattinson beat Mathewson and Bobby, 6-2, 6-4; L. Smith and R. Adams beat Schroeder and Sibley, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; K. Lewis and F. Versteeg beat J. Whitford and D. Dawkins (Marl.), 6-1, 6-3; N. Dillon and G. Clifford beat W. Low and B. Batchelor, 6-1, 6-1. Girls' Singles First Round. —K. Davey beat P. James, 6-0, 5-6, 6-1; R. Smith beat J. Willetts (N. 0. 6-5, 6-3; J. Dodgshun beat E. Dunne, 6-4, 6-5; P. Bamford beat R. Muschamp, 6-3, 6-2; S. Moore beat P. Cossins, 6-2, 6-0; J. Roberts beat L. Harris, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; M. Cross beat J. Waters, 6-4, 6-1; G. Iredale beat M. Paterson, 6-3, 6-4. Girls' Doubles First round.—K. Davey and G. Iredale beat J. Dodgshun and J. Waters, 6-0, 6-2; R. Smith and M. Cross beat J. Willetts (N. 0. and I. Roberts, 6-2, 6-2; E. Dunne and L. Harris (Marl.) beat R. Muschamp and P. Cossins, 6-4, 6-1; P. Bamford and S. Moore beat P. James and M. Palerson, 6-0, 6-0. Semi-finals.—Davey and Iredale beat Smith and Cross, 6-2, 6-1: Bamford and Moore beat Dunne and Harris, 6-1, 6-2. UNDER 15 Boys' Singles First round.—B. Sanders (N. 0. beat A. Meehan, 6-2, 6-5; P. Mitchell beat K. Tangney (Sth), 6-1, 6-3; M. Barton beat N. Blackburn, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; B. Lawson (Sth) beat R. Versteeg, 6-1, 6-2; A. James beat R. Johnston (N O.), 6-3, 6-2. Second round.—Mitchell beat C. Johnston (N. 0. by default; T. Wilson (Sth) beat Cullen, 6-1, 6-0; T. Mooney beat J. Smyth, 6-1, 6-0; R. Wood beat B. Ching, 6-1, 6-2; P. Gilmour beat Sanders, 6-1, 6-3; K. Fahy (N. 0. beat I. Leckie, 6-0, 6-4: Lawson beat James, 6-3, 6-2; Barton beat R. Dillon,- M, 6-1. Boys' Doubles First round.—R. Dillon and P. Mitchell beat R. Johnston and A. Meehan (N. 0. 6-1, 6-3; A. Jame«>nd B. Sanders (N. 0. beat P. Cullen and M. Barton, 6-1, 6-1. Second' Round.—-R. Wood and K. Fahey (N. 0. beat N. Blackburn and I. Leckie, 6-2, 6-3; Dillon, and Mitchel Ibeat K. Tagney and B. Lawson (Sth), 6-1, 6- Sanders and James beat J. Smyth and B. Ching, 6-2, 4-6, 7Girls' Singles First round. —J. Phillips beat D. Sheridan (N. 0. 6-3, 6-4: J. McMillan (N. 0. beat C. Graham, 6-3, 6-2; J. Higgins beat S. Roberts, 6-2, 6-0; B. Loughnan beat E. Meates, 6-4, 6-2. Second round. —A. Meates beat P. Fielding, 6-0, 6-1; G. Skilling beat L. Loughnan, 6-0, 6-0; W.

McLeay (Sth) beat Higgins 64. 6-1; L. Johns (Sth) beat M. Brosnahan, 6-2, 6-2: Phillips beat P. Eckhardt (N. 0. 6-3, 64; Loughnan beat L. Lewis. 6-4. 4-6, 6-2; McMillan beat S. Sparrow, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Girls* Doubles First round. — J. Phillips and M. Carson beat D. Sheridan and J. McMillan (N. 0. 64, 6-4. Second round.—A. Meates and G. SkiUing beat L. Loughnan and P. Fielding, 6-0, 6-0: P. Eckhardt (N. 0. and L. Johns (Sth) beat C. Graham and E. Meates, 6-3, 6-4; J. Phillips and M. Carson beat S. Sparrow and W. McLeay (Sth), 6-1, 6-5; C. O'Rourke and M. Brosnahan beat L. Lewis and J. Higgins, 6-1, 6-3. UNDER 13 x Boys' Singles First round.—M. Tiffen (N. 0. beat G. Snedden, 9-0; G. Rhind beat B. Sparrow (N. 0. 9-3; T. de Vries beat P. de Buyzer, 9-2; G. Scott (N. 0. beat K. Duffy. 9-5; T. Ormandy (N. 0. beat M. Mooney, 9-7; C. Baldwin (N. 0. beat B. Pelham, 9-3; S. Quested (N. 0. beat G. Sparrow, 9-7. Second round.—J. Hampton beat Tiffen, 9-1; Rhind beat G. Wilson, 9-4; de Vries beat D. Neiilson (N. 0. 9-5; P. Hampton beat Scott, 9-6; Simpson (N. 0. beat S. Hughes, 9-4, Ormandy beat Strachan, 9-3; P. Davey beat Quested, 9-3; W. Andrew beat Baldwin, 9-6. Boys* Doubles First Round.—A. Strachan and S. Quested beat G. Snedden and M. Mooney, 9-0; G. Rhind and K. Duffy beat C. Baldwin and P. Scott (N.O ), 9-8; C. Wilson and W. Andrew beat T. de Vries and B. Pelham, 9-6. Second round. —J. Hampton and P. Hampton beat Strachan and Quested, 9-4; D. Neilson and M. Tiffen (N. 0. beat G. Rhind and K. Duffy, 9-8; P. Davey and G. Hughes beat P. de Buyzer and B. Sparrow (N. 0. 9-2; B. Simpson and T. Ormandy beat Wilson and Andrew, 9-5. Girls' Singles First round.—E. Smith beat A. Mel ha ski, 9-6; C. Berry (NO.) beat P. Coffey, 9-1. Girls' Doubles Round-Robin.—L. Wilson and C. Newton beat A. Melhaski and C. Berry, 9-5; Wilson and Newton beat E. Smith and P. Coffey, 9-5.