Auckland tennis open

Press, 20 September 1982, Page 32

Auckland tennis open

PA Auckland ' The former Davis Cup player. Brian Fairlie. and his protege. Ron Dutton, narrowly failed to vindicate their No. 1 seeding in the men’s doubles at the Auckland open tennis championships at Stanley Street yesterday. In a thrilling three-set final thev went down 4-6. 6-2. 4-6. to Mark Lewis and Greg Hansford. It looked as if the No. 2 seeds would overwhelm Fairlie and Dutton, but a 2-6 reversal in the second set set the seal on a third set worthy of the match. Earlier Lewis had beaten Marty O'Donnell. 6-2. 6-1). in the men's singles final. O'Donnell had eliminated the No. 2 seed. Glen Ryder, in the second round, but he was no match for Lewis. In the women's singles final Brenda Perry beat Julie Richardson. the No. 4 seed. 6-2. 6-2. Perry added the women's doubles title with Richardson as

General forecast: Some coastal showers in Fiordland, Southland and South Otago, with cool southwest winds but elsewhere mainly fine. District forecasts: Canterbury: Mainly fine, cool: light or moderate south-westerlies.

partner, beating Janine Perkinson and Anne Hall. 6-2. 6-4. Results.Men's singles, semi-finals: M. Lewis beat R. Dutton, 6-4. 6-1: M. O'Donnell beat C. Van der Lindsen. 6-4. 6-3. Final: M. Lewis beat O'Donnell. 6-2. 6-0. Women's singles, semi-finals: B. Perry beat B. Vercoe. 6-2. 6-2: J. Richardson, beat J. Perkinson. 6-4. 6-4. Final: Perry beat Richardson. 6-2. 6-2. Men's doubles, semi-finals: R. Dutton and b. Fairlie beat C. Harris and J. Fergusson. 6-0. 6-3: Lewis and Hansford beat J. Stephan and G. Ryder. 6-2. 6-1. Final: Lewis and Hansford beat Dutton and Fairlie. 6-4. 2-6. 6-4. Women's doubles, semi-finals: Perry and Richardson beat E. Tatana a'nd S. McGilvray. 6-2. 60: Perkinson and A. Hall beat E. Stephan and Vercoe. 6-4. 6-4. Final: Perry and Richardson beat Perkinson and Hall. 6-2. 6-4.

Marlborough: South-west winds, fresh for a time about the coast with a fewshowers: light winds and fine weather inland. Nelson: Fine; moderate or fresh south-westerlies. Buller. Westland: Isolated light showers but mainly fine and cool; moderate south-westerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Observations taken at the Meteorological Office.’ Christchurch Airport. yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars 1010.1 1015.9 Temperature: deg. Maximum ito 6 p.m.) . , 21 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 .p.m Nil Saturday Nil To date this month. , . . It) To date this year.- .... 228 To date last year 419 Average to date 466 Average for September . 43 Wettest September 11946 ) 1211 Driest September (1980 ) 2 Sunshine: hrs Saturday 10 hr 24 min Yesterday 4 hr 54 min To dale this month.'... 106 To date this year 1522 To date last year 1350 Average for September 164 Humidity: Per cent at noon 38 . Per cent at 6 p.m 71 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 19 deg. minimum 1 deg. grass -3 deg. rainfall Nil

SUN. MOON AND TIDES Sun— Today: Rises, 6.22 a.m.; sets. 6.23 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 6.20 a.m.; sets, 6.24 p.m. Moon—Todav: Rises. 7.58 a.m.; sets. 9.13 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 8.24 a.m.; sets. 10.19 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 6.26 a.m. and 6.54 p.m. Tomorrow: 7.24 a.m. and 7.50 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min; Akaroa. subtract 45min: Port Levy, subtract 30mtn: Ashburton and Rakaia. subtract 25min; Katkoura. add 17min: Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30mtn.> Phases of Moon

First quarter. September 25 Full moon. October 3.

Last quarter. October 10. New moon. October 17. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg„ partly cloudy. N.E.. 12 knots. Wellington: 12deg.. showers. N.W.. 24 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., cloudy, variable. 8 knots. Dunedin: lOdeg.. rain. S.W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were:— Adelaide. 7. 15: Brisbane. 16. 24: Canberra. 0. 15: Darwin. 24. 29: Hobart. 4. 13: Melbourne. 6. 13: Perth. 9. 21 (noon): Sydney. 12. 15. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were:— Amsterdam. 11. 26. Athens. 20. 30: Bahrain. 30. 37: Bangkok, 26. 32: Belgrade. 13. 28: Berlin. 12. 25: Bogota. 9. 17: Brussels, 20. 26; Buenos Aires. 8. 12: Cairb. 20. 33; Calgary. 3. 24: Caracas. 20, 30 Chicago. 11. 19; Copenhagen, 10. 19: Dublin. 12. 17; Frankfurt. 11. 30; Geneva. 14. 26: Havana. 22. 31 Helsinki, 11, 14; Hong Kong. 26 30; Honolulu. 24. 32: Jakarta, 23 32; Jerusalem. 16. 28; Kiev. 6. 20; Kuala Lumpur. 23. 32: Lima, 15. 20; Lisbon. 18. 23; London. 17 27 Los Angeles. 17. 31; Madrid,’ 15 28; Manila. 23. 32; Mexico Citv. 12. 24: Miami. 27. 30; Montevideo 11. 13; Montreal. 8. 14; Moscow 3' 14; Nassau. 22. 31;. New Delhi. 26' 37: New York. 15, 22; Nicosia. 20. 35; Oslo. 10. 18; Paris. 18 31 Peking. 21. 34; Rio de Janeiro. IT 35: Rome. 17. 31; San Francisco 15. 20: San Juan. 24. 33- Sao Paulo. 16. 29; Seoul. 19 26’ Stngapore. 26. 30; Stockholm 7 19. Taipei. 24. 30; Tel Aviv. 20. 29. Tokyo, 19. 24; Toronto. 8 15 Vancouver. 9. 24; Vienna. 13. 24.