Late sport Wade loses to Marsikova

Press, 2 December 1978, Page 4

Late sport Wade loses to Marsikova

\ZPA Melbourne. Regina Marsikova, the attrac-j ive Czech, girl who won the ecent Colgate women’s tennis ■ ournament at Wilding Park, tunned the Great Britain No. i player. Virginia Wade, when ; •zechoslovakia met Great Briain in the quarter-finals of the I olgate Federation Cup yester-i, lay. Marsikova beat Wade. 4-6. 6-3,. i-l. to tie the two countiteg at 1-al! going into the final match. | he doubles, after Michele Tyler,, G.B. had beaten Renata Tom- 1 • no\a, 9-7. 2-6, 6-3, in the first! natch. In a tense doubles encounter die British team of Wade and hie Barker beat Tomanova and Jana Mandlikova. 8-6. 7-5, to adance to the semi-finals. In other semi-final clashes. Ausralia ruthlessly brushed aside he Netherlands, 3-0. the United ’fates had an easy time In vhitewashing France. 3-0. and tussia prevailed against Ronan ia 3-0. New Zealand is now only left vith a chance in the plate, after »eing outclassed b\ the might »f the United States team in the econd round. Chris Evert (U.S.: >eai Judy Chaloner iN.Z.i, 6-1.! i-l. Tracy Austin (U.S.) beat Jrenda Perry. 6-1. 6-3. and Evert md Billie Jean King easily won he doubles against Chaloner and .'hristehurch’s Chris Newton. 6-1. New Zealand won its was through to the last four in the date last night when it beat taly. 2-1 after earlier disposng of Brazil. 3-0. It is likely »o face Sweden in the semi-finals

FEDERATION CUP Quarter-Finals Australia beat the Netherlands. 3- iKerrv Reid beat Ellv Vcsies. 6-1. 6-1: Wendy Turnbull beat Betty Stove. 6-2, 6-3; Turn bull and Reid beat Stove and Tine Zwaan. 6-2, 6-4). United States beat Fiance. 3-0 (Tracy Austin beat Fredeiique Thibault. 6-4. 6-3; Chris Evrtl beal Brigitte Simon. 6-2. 6-2; Evett and Billie Jean King beat Francoise Durr and Gail Lovera, 5-7, 6-3. 6-2). Great Britain beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 iMichele Tyler beat Renata Tomanova. 9-7. 2-6. 6-3; Virginia Wade lost to Regina Marsikova. 4-6. 6-3. 6-4; Wade and Sue Barker beat Tomanova a ltd Hana Mandlikova. 8-6 7-5). Russia beat Romania, 3-0 <Natalja Chmyreva beat Ftorenzta Mihai. 3-6. 6-4: Olga Morozova beat Virginia Ruzici. 6-4. 4-3 Ruz ici forfeited through injure in the second set; Chmyreva and Elena Eliseenko beat Mariana Simioneseu ano Lucia Romanov, 6-1. 6-4 1. PLATE Round two. -New Zealand heat Brazil 3-0 tßrenda Perry beat Vera Guigni, 8-3; Judy Chaloner heat Patricia Medrado. 8-5: Brenda Perry and Christine Newton beat Glaueia Langela. and Patricia Medrado. 8-4). Quarter-final, New- Zealand beat Italy. 2-1 < Perry lost to Daniela Porzio, 4- Chalonet beat Sabina Simmonds, 8-6; Chaloner and New ton beat Daniela Porzio and Sabina Simmonds. 8-6 t.