LAWN TENNIS.
HOW WIIDIN6 WORE DOWN BKOOIpSS. (Dy T«t«gr*ph-Prc?3 AsßoelmiWcotimirnU Melbourne, November J5. The weather conditions were perfect on Satur. day, and the match between Brookes (Victoria) end Wilding (Now Zealand) for the einglce championship of Victoria approached, for skill and oxoitment, tho famous Uavia Cup contest last year, wh,en Wright,-, the American, beat Brookes, .< >', Tho Viotorian won tho first two sots easily, bnt from that out W'ldlng, ploying' 'magnificently, held hla opponent, who in tb,e dosing Stages visibly tired. The match, occupied two hours, the last set taking forty minutes. The games ijcro: a-?, 3-0, &-3, 0-3, 9-7. Bro6kw was -tiot just at his best, and was ■wanting in that unerring precision which earned him tho championship of tha world. (Wilding undoubtedly was tho bettor man on and won a preat contest fairly on his Intrita. He played even bettor than when he (lofcatad tho American, Alexander, in tho final jad deciding match,, of last year's contest for tho Pavis Cup,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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162LAWN TENNIS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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