TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 151, 30 June 1925, Page 5

TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON

A QUIET DAY

AUSTRALIAN LADIES ELIMINATED

PLAY IN MIDSUMMER WEATHER.

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(Received 30th June, noon.)

LONDON, 29th June.

/ Compared with. Saturday's dramatic thrills to-day's matches, devoted to ladies' singles, mixed doubles, and men's doubles, seemed tame, but the change to perfect midsummer leather resulted in a large attendance-. Miss Akhurst and Miss Boyd failed to gain the right to outer the semi-finals of the ladies' singles. Most people wove surprised that Miss Akhurst'smatch against Miss Joan Fry was not staged on any one of Wimbledon's three show courts, but played on an outer court which is minus accommodation for , spectators. Several of the English Press critics" refer to this as a discourtesy; to Australia's lady champion. Hiss Akhurst, in the first set, played excellently, and, as usual, contented herself ■ with remaining at her base-line, whore she drove with Loth

hands and with unfailing accuracy, re-turm'ng-everything and leaving Miss 1 Fry to beat herself by her own errors. In

the second set, Miss Akhurst fought hard, but her accuracy had departed, and she lost point after point, just missing the lines by inches. Miss Fry clearly dominated the third set, and speeded up her gome by coming into the net more often. At this more aggressive type of game she heat Miss Akhurst easily. Miss Boyd fared much worse. Making her first, appearance on the centre- court was a severe ordeal for a young player, and it was obvious at the beginning that Miss Boyd was overcome with nerves, and unable to develop her best form. Mis 3 M'Kane in a word beat her overhead.- She won, a long succession of aces with the greatest ease, driving deep into Miss Boyd's backhand, with the result that she skied they defensive return when she went in to the net to put away the shot with a volley. rMiss M'Kane took the first five games,'but the crowd were most encouraging when Miss Boyd took the sixth on Miss M'Kane's service, but Miss Boyd was distinctly outplayed. To lose her first set on a double fault led off the first game in the second sot, after which she was never in the picture.

Anderson and Lycett's match against the Belgian and Swedish champions was patchy, but good to watch, all except Lycett hitting their hardest and playing to score or lose every time^ Anderson and Lycett were on top in the first set. Wallenberg could notfind his form, and the Australians used him as a perpetual target. This gave them the set, but wakened up Wallenberg to such an extent that his fine serving and hard driving was a deciding factor in the second sot.

Barclay meets Bprotra at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,'..followed by a game in , the men's doubles, which probably will be'followed at 4.30 p.m. by the match between Anderson and Fisher. On the second show court Miss Boyd and Mrs. Utz will meet Mile. Lenglen and Miss Ryan in the second match, probably at 3.30 or 4 p.m.