Unseeded girl causes more tennis upsets

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33110, 28 December 1972, Page 16

Unseeded girl causes more tennis upsets

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. Miss L. Milne, the 17-year-old Southlander, continued to provide the surprises on the second day of the Qantas New Zealand junior tennis championships yesterday.

The unseeded Miss Milne, who had beaten the No. 4 seed, Miss S. Meachen (Wellington), on the first day, reached the quarter-finals of the girls’ singles with a straight-set win over Miss J. Goulding (Auckland), 6-3, 6-4.

; Then, in the shock of the | day, she teamed with another | Southland girl, Miss S. Thomson, to eliminate the top seeds, Misses P. Elliott (Waikato) and L. Ward (Auckland), 6-4, 6-4, in the second round of the girls’ doubles. Another seeded player fell in the girls’ singles, Miss J. Garvey (Auckland) beating the No. 7, Miss S. Little (Hawke’s Bay), 6-0, 3-6, 6-2. ( The boys’ singles went al- ' most according to plan, all but one seeded player reaching the final eight. The one to drop out was A. James (Canterbury) ranked eighth, who was beaten by R. Healey (Wellington), 6-4. 6-4. BOYS' SINGLES Third round. — R. Simpson: (North Shore) beat K. Baillie. (Auckland), 6-0, 6-2; G. Slater] (North Shore) beat W. Gillespie ] ‘Auckland), 6-0. 6-1: C. Lewis' (Auckland) beat P. Simpson (North Shore), 6-0, 6-1; R. Healey

(Wellington) beat A. James (Canterbury), 6-4, 6-4; P. Langsford (Auckland) beat A. Croad (North Shore), 6-2, 6-1; D. Sutherland (Waikato) beat K. Brady (North Shore), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; C. England (Hutt Valley) beat G. Siddall (Auckland), 6-0, 6-2; J. Mills (Auckland) beat G. Bancroft (North Shore), 6-4, 6-4. GIRLS' SINGLES Third round.—L. Ward (Auckland) beat L. Spiers (Hutt Valley). 6-2, 6-1; J. Phillips (Canterbury), beat D. Williams (Auckland), 6-0, 6-1; S. Armstrong (Otago) beat S. Thomson (Southland), 6-2, 6-1; J. Garvey (Auckland) beat S. Little (Hawke’s Bay), 6-0, 3-6, 6-2; S. Tebbutt (Waikato) beat A. Pryde (Wellington), 6-2. 6-2; L. Milne (Southland) beat J. Goulding (Auckland), 6-3, 6-4; C. Newton (Canterbury) beat L. Johns (Southland), 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; P. Elliott (Waikato) beat J. Slater (North Shore), 6-2, 6-2. BOYS' DOUBLES Third round. — Simpson and Langsford beat R. Davis and P. O’Callaghan (Hutt Valley), 6-2, 6-2; G. Thomson and R. Tills (Auckland) beat L. Jones and M. Dunphy (Hutt Valley), 6-0, 6-1; Lewis and Mills beat M. Parun and B. Francis (Wellington), 7-5, 6-4; P. Smith (Wellington) and R. Langton (Hawke’s Bay) beat P. Hampton (Canterbury and P. Simpson (Auckland), 6-8, 7-5, 6-3; Brady and Bancroft beat J. Hampton and S. Burns (Canterbury), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; James and England beat W. Gillespie and A. Croad (Auckland), GO, 8-6; Healey and Siddall beat M. Smith (Wanganui) and N. Blackburn (Canterbury), 8-6, 6-1; Sutherland and Slater beat T. Goulding and IL. Fudge (Auckland), 6-4, 6-4. GIRLS' DOUBLES Quarter-finals. — Milne and • Thomson beat Elliott and Ward. 6-4, 6-4; Newton and S. Meachen (Wellington) beat C. Jones (Bay lof Plenty) and Little, 9-7. 7-5; Garvey and Goulding beat Slater and Tebbutt, 6-3, 6-3; Pryde and Armstrong beat Phillips and J Dalzell (Canterbury), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.