17-year-old wins tennis

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33730, 31 December 1974, Page 10

17-year-old wins tennis

WELI.INI. 1 O\ I Chris Lewis \ n I the country s - its • ing voting tennis p(when he' won the n: .■ Wellington champior- ; Central Park vesti I The talented 17-te.i - beat Jaoa Scares (five sets, 6-2. 4-6. 6-2 6-2 It was a partieuia: \ > pressive petformi Lewis, who looked to b. command for most ■ match. * I ewis reached the tin,-.: «a > a five-set win over the Ausitralian. Gerhard Wimmer i yesterday, 6-1, 4-6. 6-1. ;i-v. ■' 6-2. I Soares outlasted Matt Timonen (Finland) tn th? other semi-final, 6-7. 6-3. 6-4 13-6. 7-6 The women’s final was m n 'by the top local player Judith Connor (Auckland who proved too strong in a departments for Shirlev Haig (Canterbury), 6-0. 6-4 Mrs Haig made far too manv mistakes to serioti>!v bother Miss Connor, who played a neat, efficient garni Lewis and Russell Simpson teamed up to beat Soares and ■Scott Carnachan tinned States) in a four-set men's ’double final which stretched •late into the night. 6-2. 5-7. 1 Connor and B Vercoe (Auckland) beat Haig and N ;Dohm (Sweden), 5-7, 6-1. 6 {, [to win the women’s doubles In the mixed doubles G. Wimmer (Austria) and P Elliott (Waikato) beat G. Oliver (Auckland) and S. Monds [(North Shore). 4-6. 6-4, 6-3.