A WONDERFUL RUN

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 37, 13 August 1923, Page 3

A WONDERFUL RUN

JAPANESE OUTCLASSED IN ALL . DEPARTMENTS.

(Exclusive to Australian Press Aeebciation.) (Received 13th August, 2.30 pm) CHICAGO, 12th August, In the- Anderson-Shimidzu match, Shimidzu started weakly, but Anderson was on his game from the-start and ,won the first nine games in a row easily. He won' the first two games on Shimidzu's mistakes, and then Anderson had a wonderful run, allowing his opponent only ten points in seven games. He kept Shimidzu continually on the defensive through wonderfully-angled forehand drives, which were clean acea, or he followed into the net and.put away a weak return with a beautiful drop volley Shimidzu's forehand was not adapted to a low bounding ball, and he repeatedly netted., Anderson won the first set to love, Wung with two clean service aces and a forehand ace off a short return. Anderson continued his wonderful game for the first three games of the second set, the second of which was remarkable for two wonderfully-angled smashes from the back of the court. He then momentarily eased up, and had a somewhat erratic patch for two games His missed easy drop voll e y a at tfie net! driving over the side lines in trying for too big angles,. t hus g^^ pulled up ■ 3-2. The Australian recovered from his momentary relapse and won the B i xt h game to love, but lost the next game, through Shimidzu's good length forcing him to net. He went out in the second game 6-3, by good serving in the last/ame! favoured by two net cord shots, finishing with a.delightful forehand ace. The Australian opened up the third set with three wonderful smashes in succession, and thence went on to lead, 4-1 dropping the third game, however, through

serving double faults. Shimidzu- won the sixth game by forcing Anderson to net with a beautiful top-spin forehand to his feet. He also won the eighth game through the Australian's mistakes, but Anderson was not to be denied, and went out 6-3 on his own service. The Hawkes-Fukuda match was rather patchy at the commencement. Hawkes went out to lead on Fukuda's mistakes, the latter hitting very hard on both backhand and forehand, but he was erratic at first, repeatedly netting the balls through trying to force the pace off Hawkes's cuts and twisting serves. He, however, won the sixth game on his own serve, and the seventh by passing Hawkes at the net with beautiful backhand drives'. The Australian steadied and went out 6-3 on his own service by beautifully-angled volleying. The Japanese played splendid tennis at the start of the second set, leading 3-0 by excellent driving to Hawkes's backhand and good smashing. Hawkes, however, steadied, and by good serving and driving evened the scores. Throughout the match Fukuda showed he was capable of good tennis, but Hawkes's experience and steadiness proved too good. The Australians' excellent wins to-day qualify them for the final match against France, which will be played in Boston, beginning on Thursday. -The excellent form of both Anderson and Hawkes shows that their prcepects are excellent, and that they will get through the challenge round.