N.Z. junior tennis teams fare badly

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 10

N.Z. junior tennis teams fare badly

CV Z. Press Assn—Copurtfjht i I' BRISBANE. ’* Brenda Perrx, the New Zealand junior champion, was the : onl.x member of the visiting New t Zealand squad of 12 to be - seeded in next week’s Austra- < lian junior championships to be played in Brisbane. t Miss Perrx, aged 18 xx as « 'seeded eighth in the rankings 11 released this afternoon at the!i end of the third day of the[i inter-state team series. 1 New Zealand has fared badly, [in all four divisions of the 1 teams series, with only the'! girls’ under 19 side keeping out 1 of the red with a 2-2 win-loss record in the Wilson Cup com-, petition The boxs’ under 19 Linton Cup ’ team suffered a double set-back today. In spite of a valiant effort by ( Peter Hampton and Stephen Hai lex of Canterbury, the Nexx ‘ South Wales pair. Brad Drewett and Andrew Caulfield, were able • to win the deciding doubles , match in a third round fixture deferred from Tues’dax night < when fading light halted plax. New South Wales squeaked ' through to an unconvincing two • rubbers to one win to maintain 1 its unbeaten record in the Lin- 1 ton Cup. Then the West Australians had I a crushing. 3-0. win oxer the •

I Neu Zealander* in their fouith 'round meeting. The only consolation lor th*Nexv Zealand boxs xxa* a 3-0 x«. hi this afternoon oxer- a Tasmanian side xx hich so far ha* not xx or. a single rubber The under 19 girls Wilson < up team emerged from todax xxith a win and a loss losing. 1-2. ito Western Australia in this mornings session, then inflict •ing a 3-0 defeat on the Tasmanians. The defeat b\ Western Australia almost certainly puts Ne-.x 'Zealand out of contention for •the cup. Both the boxs and girls under •16 members of the Nexx Zealand isquad went down to Nexx South Wales in the Wayne Reid Cup The .Nexx Zealand girls under 16 number one. Debra Leat, xx on only one game from her Nexx South Wales counterpart. Amanda Tobin, xxhile Gave Rob inson Jost. 0-6. 0-6, in her single* against the Nexx South Wale* number two. Sharon Pinchbeck The boxs put up a better fight. The number one. Dax id Patterson, forced Bill Gilmour of Nexx- South W ales to 5-7. 3 x\ hile Mar k Lewis. xounger brother of the junior Wimble don champion. Chris I.exxrs thoroughly tested the Nexx Souih Wales number tuo, John Ropei,