LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1928, Page 13

LAWN TENNIS

♦ — WIMBLEDON TOURNEY SINGLES SEMI-FINALS TILDEN DEFEATED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyrieht. (Eeceived sth July, noon.) LONDON, 4th July. The championships at Wimbledon were, continued again to-day, the semifinals of tho singles events being disposed of, while several rounds of the different doubles ovents also took place. The most outstanding featuro of the dffy was the defeat of Tilden by Lacoste, thus making tho final an allFrench contest for the second year in succession. Besults are as follow: — MEN'S SINGLES. Semi-finals. Eeife Lacoste (France) beat W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.), 2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Henri Cochet (France) beat C. Boussus (France), 11-9, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. WOMEN'S SINGLES. Semi-finals. Signorita E. d'Alvarez (Italy) beat Miss D. Akhurst (Australia), 6-3, 6-0. Miss H. Wills (U.S.A.) beat Miss E. Kyan (U.S.A.), 6-1, 6-1. MEN'S DOUBLES. Fifth Bound. G. L. Patterson and J. B. Hawkes (Australia) beat W. Bobson and B. Boyd (Argentina), 64, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. G. M. Lott and J. F. Hennessey (U.S.A.) beat B. 0. Cummings and E. F. Moon (Australia), 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. MIXED DOUBLES. Second Bound. J. B. Hawkes and Miss Boyd (Australia) beut C. Gr. Eames and Mrs. Beamish (England), C-2, 6-3. J. Crawford and Miss D. Akhurst (Australia) boat Bela yon Kehrling (Hungary) and Fraulein C. Aussem (Germany), 6-5, 6-2. G. B. 0. Crole-Bees and Mrs. Watson (England) beat G. M. Lott and Mrs. Molla Mallory (U.S.A.), G-4, 3-6, 6-3. Third Bound. E. F. Moon and Mrs. O'Hara Wood (Australia) beat H. Timmer and' Miss Bouman (Holland), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. F. T. H-jmter and Misa Helen Wills (U.S.A.) beat J. B. Hawkes and Miss Boyd (Australia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. J. Crawford and Miss D. Akhurst (Australia) beat H. W. Austin and Miss Betty Nuthall (Englai^l), 11-9, 9-7. The present is the fourth year in succession in which Henri Cochet has reached tho semi-finals of the singles championship at Wimbledon. In 1925 he was beaten by Jean Borotra, 5-7, 8-6, 6-4, 6-1, the same happening to him in 1926 when the score was 2-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3,- 7-5. Last year, however, Cochet asserted himself, and beating the American Tilden in tho semi-final 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3, came through to win th© title by boating Borotra, who twice previously had put him out, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. In 1925 Lacosto was tho other semifinalist, and on that occasion he entered the final by beating the Australian, J. O. Anderson, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1, and in the final beat Jean Borotra, who was the holder of the title, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6. Borotra, Who will be remembered as a popular. visitor to Wellington last summer in company with Christian Boussus and Jacques Brugnou, has been in the final at Wimbledon for four years, but this year was put out in the fi/th round by Tilden, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, probably -s a result of having had too much tennis during his long tour which linked two European seasons together. Tho holder of the title in 1924, Borotra defeated Bene Lacoste in 1925 defeated B. 0. Kinsey (U.S.A.); 8-6, 6-1, 6-3, in 1926, and last year fell to his countryman Cochet after a stern fiveset bout in which the last set was to 7-5. This year he is out of it, and th© final will be between the present holder of the title, Cochet, and Lacoate, who held the honour in 1925. French players have now been dominating tennis in Europe for some years, and there does not seem to be any chance of their being ousted yet awhile. In the women's singles the final will bo between the same two ladies as contested the event last year. This is the third year in succession in which Senorita d' Alvarez has come through to the final, but on both previous occasions she has met with a superior player, and doubtless a like fate will mccc her this time. In 1926 she defeated Mrs. Mallory, 6-2, 6-2, but fell bofore Mrs. Godfree (nee Miss Kitty M'Eane), who was in great form that year, the final going to her, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.- Last year Senorita d' Alvarez defeated MissEyan (U.S.A.), 2-6, 6-0, 6-4, in the semi-final, and then met Miss Helen Wills in the final, but could only take the match to two sets, the American > girl winning, 6-2, 6-4. In 1925, and for six years previously, the women's singles championship was dominated by Mdlle. Suzanne Lenglen, but she won the title for the last time in the year named when she beat the English girl, Miss Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0. The French lady then turned her talents to professionalism, and it looked as though her great rival, -Miss Helen Wills, would succeed to her crown, but owing to illness Miss Wills was unable to enter the contest in 1926, and Mrs. Godfree became the champion- on behalf of England, but last year Miss Wills was successful in placing her name for tho first time on the roll of winners of the Wimbledon title,' and the indications are that she will repeat the performance again to-day. Last year the men's doubles was won by the Americans, Hunter and Tilden, who have entered the final eight this year. The Women's doubles was won last summer by Misses AVills and Byan, who defeated a South African pair in Miss E. L. Heine and Mrs. Peacock, 6-3, 6-2, but this year they are not playing together, as Miss Ryan is partnered by Mrs. Lycett, a prominent English player and a sister of H. W. Austin. It has not yet been stated who Miss Wills is playing with in tlio doubles, and it may be that she has not entered that contest, preferring to devote herself to winning tho singles. The.final round of the mixed doubles lats year was won by F. T. Hunter and Miss Byair (U.S.A.), who defeated Mr. and Mrs. Godfree, 8-0, 6-0. Miss Byan this year is partnered by the *'South African P. D. B. Spence, and so far the pair have passed into the third round undefeated, but there has been no indication so far whether Hunter is contesting the. event.