Show tournament upsets

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34002, 17 November 1975, Page 28

Show tournament upsets

If the object of the Show Week-end tournament is to provide leading players with as much tennis as possible, then the 1975 contest, which ended at Wilding Park yesterday, must he considered a pronounced success.

The tournament ran over schedule because the two- ■ lifers were beaten in three of the four finals. This led to the playing of three “super” finals, in all of which earlier results were reversed. Christine Newton was the only player to win two titles, and' she was also the only 'contestant to come through lan event with two lives in- . tact. ! !n the women’s singles : final she convincingly beat (the leading Canterbury junior, Sally Chapman, and she! learned with Robyn Hunt to - take the doubles. Canterbury’s top man, ! Warren Edgecumbe, had a rare reverse before retaining : his men’s singles title. Beaten only once in senior inter-club

play last season, Edgecumbe succumbed to a furious late charge by the national under--17 champion. Michael Mooney.

Down 36-39, Mooney unleashed his fast, swinging first service and followed into the net to volley winners. He won five consecutive points on his service to take the match, 41-39. Edgecumbe, now down to one life, did not give his youthful opponent the chance to repeat his achievement. His shrewd placements and economy of effort carried him through.

It was, however, a memorable tournament for Mooney. because earlier in the singles he beat the junior with the growing renutation, Stephen Harley, and a Canterbury Wilding Shield player, Peter Hampton. In a match which featured Ifour nationally-ranked players. Judith Phillips and Shelly Monds beat the previously unbeaten Miss Newton and Mrs Hunt in the first final of the women’s doubles. But with firm shots and far fewer errors, Miss Newton

and Mrs Hunt prevailed in the second match, winning with something in reserve.

Men's singles I First life.—Final: W. Edgeleumbe beat S. Harley. 41-36. i Second life.—Semi-finals: L. Walton beat G. Wilson, 41-21; M. Mooney beat P. Hampton, 41-33. I Final: Mooney beat Walton. 41-33. Preliminary final: Mooney beat ! Harley. 41-39. Grand final. —First life: Mooney heat Edgecumbe, 41-39. Second life: Edgecumbe beat Mooney, 41-36. Knock-out. — Semi-finals: M. O’Flaherty beat B. Finch, 41-37; L. Elliott beat C. Hunt, 41-32. Final: Elliott beat O’Flaherty, 41-37. Men's doubles First life.—Quarter-finals: Edgecunibe and Hunt beat D. McKay and B. Knight. 7-6; Hampton and Harley beat Wilson and W’alton, 7-4; W. Thom and G. Harris beat A. Zaloum and O’Flaherty, 7-2. Semi-final: Hampton and Harleybeat Edgecumbe and Hunt, 7-5. Final: Hampton and Harley beat Thom and Harris. 7-5. Second life—Quarter-finals: W. J Smith and M. Epstein beat •Zaloum and O’Flaherty, 7-4; Willson and Walton beat M. Nolan and Finch. 7-1; McKav and •Knight beat R. Avery and Elliott. 7-4. Semi-finals: Wilson and Walton beat Smith and Epstein. 7-6; Edgecumbe and Hunt beat McKay and Knight. 7-1. Final: Edgecuinbe and Hunt beat XK llson and Walton. 7-1. Preliminary final.—Edgecumbe and Hunt beat Thom and Harris, ' Grand final.—First life: Edge-

cumbe and Hunt beat Harley and Hampton, 7-6. Second life: Harley and Hampton beat Edgecumbe and Hunt. 7-3.

Women's singles First life. —Final: C. Newton beat K. Hunt, 41-35. Second life.—Final: S. Chapman beat S. Monds, 41-33.

Preliminary final.—Miss Chapman beat Mrs Hunt, 41-39. Grand final.—Miss Newton beat Miss Chapman. 41-24.

Knock-out.—Semi-finals: J. Sim beat G. Iredale, 41-29; J. Wilson beat Elizabeth Smith, 41-38. Final: Miss Sim beat Miss Wilson, 41-30. Women's doubles First life.—Quarter-finals: Misses Chapman and Sim beat Misses Iredale and Elizabeth Smith, 7-2; Miss Newton and Sirs Hunt beat Misses Eveline Smith and P. Yunovich, 7-0; Misses Wilson and- Sioper beat Misses J. Phillips and Monds. 7-4. Semifinal: Miss Newton and Mrs Hunt beat Misses Chapman and Sim, 7-3. Final: Miss Newton and Mrs Hunt beat Misses Wilson and Sioper. 7-4. Second life.—Quarter-final: Misses Iredale and Elizabeth Sm'th beat Misses Eveline Smith and Yunovich, 7-3. Semi-final: Misses Phillips and Monds beat Misses Iredale and Smith. 7-1. Final: Misses Phillips and Monds beat Misses Chapman and Sims,

Preliminary final: Misses Phillips and Monds beat Misses Wilson and Sioper. 7-2. Grand final.—First life: Misses Phillips and Monds beat M ! ss Newton and Mrs Hunt. 7-3. Second life: Miss Newton and Mrs Hunt beat Misses Phillips and Monds. 7-4