LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 4

LAWN TENNIS.

: THE TOURNEY AT MASTERTON. ißy Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.i Mastortcn, January 20. , Tliis year's Wellington provincial tennis championship, which begins at Masterton to-morrow, has attracted large entries, and tlio town is full of players. Tho;,courts are playing very well, and as indications ..point, to fine. weather, thero is every'prospect of a successful meeting. The unavoidablo absenco ..(through business);... of . Peacocjc and owanston, the present provincial cliam:pion, isi much regretted, but Gass and Ollivier, • of ■'Christchurch, aro ' both playing, being paired ,in tlio doubles. .Fisherv and -Parker, :in the top half, 'and Ollivier and. Cox in the lower, should meet in tlio semi-final. Parker will-doubtless'dispose of Fisher, but tbo gamo between Cox and Ollivier should bo a fine,, match, and will be watched with interest in view of tlio Canterbury-Wellington match in which Ollivier ,will probably figure as Canterbury's first'-man.: Cox, on present play,, should just about win. Fisher 'and Swainson should meet Cox and Aitken,' and Ollivier'and Gass will know thei* fatb'.when matched - with Parker: and, Brown. Both these matches should ■■provide good games in tho , doubles. Miss Nunneloy will liavo an opportunity of meeting Jliss Travers .again in the final of the ladies' single championships, and will bo right at tho top of her game. , A new pair in the ladies' doubles is Miss Nunneley and Miss Simpson, who will have a . .tough proposition in Misses Hartgill and E. Williams, and the winners of these will play off with Misses Wellwood and • Travers. The most oppn ovent is the combined championships in which Cox and Miss Hartgill, Parker, and Miss Travers (awother new pair), Fisher and Miss Wellwood. Brown and Miss Nunueley should show up prominently. • The handicap events give promise of even games, the committeo having had a very hard task to adjust tho. handicaps. Tho committeo is an energetic 0110 and tho general arrangements are in tho hands of Mr. 1 Sclauders, the secretary. .