Hanika honoured
;NZPA Melbourne - West Germany’s Sylvia Hanika Vhas been given a special award i by Australian tennis writers fol- ’ I lowing her outstanding success 9 in the Colgate Federation Cup at Kooyong. )i The 19-year-old Hanika won the - award for the best performance, 3 1 by a junior player in the cham-1 *i pionship. She went through the fj championship and rhe plate lievent undefeated in five -singles t matches and did not concede a i set to her opponents. The highlight of her perform- " ance was a tremendous 6-3, 6-2 win over Sue Barker (Great j I Britain) on her nineteenth birth-' /day last Thursday. ’ Hanika almost won last weeki| end’s Colgate tournament at ; Wilding Park, only losing after a, J three-set struggle to Regina Marsikova (Czechoslovakia). i Despite Miss Hanika’s superb win, West Germany lost its:; ! quarter-final rubber to Great Britain, 2-1. From Munich. Hanika has only been on the international pro-| fessional circuit for 18 months
and intends to stay in Australia for the remainder of the Australian circuit to gain further experience on grass for next year’s Wim bled on.
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