Davis Cup lie to Britain
- (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter) ZURICH (Switzerland). ! Britain beat Switzerland 4 1 jin the Davis Cup European 'Zone third round tennis match which ended. ( Britain took both the final singles. Roger Taylor beat Dimitri Sturdza 6-4, 3-6. 6-2, •6-3 and Chris Mottram beat Peter Kanderal 6-2. 6-2, 6-3. Tennis. —Dick Storkton deifeated Arthur Ashe in the finals ;of the Nigerian tennis champion
ship. played in Caracas, | Venezuela, due to the miliary coup in Nigeria which suspended the tournament last month. Stockton beat Ashe in two sets, 6-3, 6-2. Badminton.— Malaysia won the Asian Zone Thomas Cup Badminton final against Japan in Kuala Lumpur and qualified to play against New Zealand in the world round quarter-final in Bangkok on May 25 and 26. Weightlifting.—The Soviet fly weight, Alexander Voronin, set a world snatch record of 108.5 kg (2391 b in Berlin at the European weightlifting championships Veronin bettered the previous record of 108 kg f2381b) held by Takeuchi of Japan. Moto-cross.—The Te Kuiti rider. Wayne Addy (Yamaha 100) scored over the favourites, Laurie Love, of Hamilton (Suzuki RM2SOAi and Moss Smith of Thames (Suzuki KM37O‘, in the Cnal of i lie Aim Ida ■<! Hol cycle Club’s moto-cross meeting at Mange re Mountain. Bowling.—lndonesia is to host the fourth Asian bowling chai, pionships in August The championships, which will take place iu Jakarta from August 8 to lE, will be open to Asian zone member countries. Table tennis.—The veteran Zo.ia Rudnova ted the Soviet Union to a 3-2 victory over England in the final of the Euiopean women’s team table tennis championship in Prague.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34123, 8 April 1976, Page 22
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