FAVOURITE ELIMINATED

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31993, 21 May 1969, Page 17

FAVOURITE ELIMINATED

(N.Z. Press Association) ( AUCKLAND. , One upset—the defeat . of the fifth-seeded A. s Sutherland by the un- i seeded D. Mitchell— j marked the second day’s play in the New Zealand junior hard-court tennis championships yester- J day. Both are former Waikato ] players now living in Auck- i land. 1 The eighth-seeded Miss C. J Fletcher (North 'Shore) found i the performances of Miss S. < Armstrong (Otago) in the 1 Howe Shield matches were i not. flattering. The Otago 1 player, who seemed able to re- ' trieve all but the most bril- ' liant of Miss Fletcher’s vol- , leys, took the first set 6-4. < However, the 14-year-old southerner was down 1-4 in the second set and from then i

onwards lost her confidence. She lost the last two sets, 6-3, 6-2. Miss J. Amer (Auckland) beat the Canterbury representative, Miss G. Hampton, 64, 9-7, in a match which featured long, hard-hitting baseline rallies. Results:— Boys* Singles Second Round.—P. Gunning (Auckland) beat N. Carr (Wellington), 6-2, 6-2; D. Walker (Auckland) beat L. Bickerton (Auckland), 6-3 r 6-1; B. Smyth (Canterbury) beat M. Bauer (North Shore), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; C. Gunning (Auckland) beat B. McDowell (Southland), 6-2, 6-2;

R. Rae (Hutt Valley) beat W. Reynolds (Auckland), 6-1, 6-1; B. Smyth (Canterbury) beat M. Corkery (Southland). 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Third Round.—l. Baudinet (Auckland) beat K. Muir (Southland), 7-5, 6-3; R. Wallace (Auckland) beat R. Stewart (Southland), 7-5. 6-3; D. Mitchell (Auckland) beat A. Sutherland (Waikato), 8-6, 2-6, 6-3; P. Gunning beat S. Menzies (Wellington), 6-3, 6-3. Girls' Singles Second Round.—Miss S. Stirling (Otago) beat Miss D.

Faulkner (Bay of -Plenty), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Miss R. Dillon (Canterbury) beat Miss J. Higginson (Waikato), 6-4, 6-4; Miss S. Blakely (Otago) beat Miss L. Grant (Auckland), 6-0, 6-2; Miss A. Hodgson (Waikato) beat Miss C. Ralfe (Canterbury). 6-1, 6-3; Miss c. Fletcher (North Shore) beat Miss S. Armstrong (Otago), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Miss S. Moore (Canterbury) beat Miss S. Burcher (Auckland), 6-4, 6-3; Miss C. Ritchie (Waikato) beat Miss B. Beattie (Otago), 6-3, 6-2; Miss S. Collins (Otago) beat Miss J. Grant (Auckland), 6-0, 6-1; Miss J. Amer (Auckland) beat Miss G. Hampton (Canterbury), 6-4, 9-7. Third Round.—Miss P. Connor (Auckland) beat Miss P. Bamford (Canterbury), 6-2, 6-0. Parun Beaten (N.Z.P.A. -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. The New Zealand Davis Cup player, 0. Parun, was beaten, 6-3, 6-2, by P. Doerner (Australia), in the first round of the Rothman’s invitation hard-court tennis tournament at Chingford (Essex) yesterday.