THE NATIONAL SINGLES
COLLAPSE OF PATTERSON.
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(Received 2nd September, 9 a.m.) '_/■ .-;NE\y. YORK, Ist. September.. ■ Playing iri the semi-final of the American • national singles championship, Johnston defeated ■ Patterson, 6-2, ;6-0, 6-0. ■, In' the first' set v Johnston serving^" 'uhe games alternated '■ withY: the service until Johnston, breaking through, established a 5-2 lead, and rari out, Patterson a gain losing the service. ; In -the second set, Johnston's mastery was complete. The : Australian was wholly unsteady. Patterson losst the service three times, and the! American won the set to love. Johnston played brilliantly in the third set, and Patterson offered the least inspiring/tennis he., had shown since he arrived in America.. .The: American player won at will. " v: . :'
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 55, 2 September 1924, Page 7
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