SIMPSON UNWELL
! (N.Z.P.A. Staff Correspondent* HONG KONG. The sole New Zealand player, iJ. Simpson, was suffering from stomach trouble yesterday, and his first-round match in the Viceroy tennis tournament was expected to be put oft until today. Simpson was drawn to play Ngu Ven Kim Minh (South \ ietjnam) in the first round yesterday but none of the South Vietnamese players turned up. The tournament matci) committee arranged for Simpson to meet the Hong Kong plajer, Tau Po. but Simpson said he had been in bed for two days and still did not feel well. The $HK125,000 Viceroy tournament is the Hong Kong tournament in the nine-cit> Asian cir cult and part of the Commercial Union Grand Prix which v. ill finish in New Zealand on November 18. Entrants in the Hong Kong tournament include the Australians R. Laver, F. Stolle, M Anderson, J. and A. Cooper, and C. Dibley; the Indian brothers, V. and A. Amritraj; the Jugoslav, Z. Franulovic, and two Americans C. Pasarell and B. Gottfried.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33370, 31 October 1973, Page 18
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