AUSTRALIAN TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
PERRY REACHES SEMI-FINAL
\ -■ SYDNEY, January 24. Tho Australian tennis championships were continued in sweltering heat. Results :•—
Men's Singles.—Quarter-finals: A. Quist defeated E. F. Moon, 6-3, 6-3, 0-1; y. J. Perry (England) defeated H. Hopman, 6-3, 6-4, 6.-3; V. McGrath defcajted G. Hughes (England), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; J. C. Crawford defeated H. G. N. Lee (England), 6-2, 7-u, 3-6, 6-2.
Women's Singles. — Quarter-finals: Miss Hartigan defeated Miss Valkenburg, 6-1, 6-3; Mrs. Moleswor'th defeated Miss Hall, 6-4, 6-1; Miss Bickerton defeated Miss Hatterslcy, 6-3, 6-1.
Quist' staged \a net attack against Moon, who was unablo to cope with the South Australian's severe volleys and smashes.
Perry's strong forehand drive was a match-winning factor against Bopman. Fighting a losing battle from tho baseline, Hopman tried taking the not, but Perry passed him with fine sideline drives. Perry lost only one service, the first game of the match. \
McGrath was at his best against Hughes, playing an' all-court game that had Hughes'running from sido to side. Hughes was the victim of scvera.l bad decisions at the beginning of the third set, and thereafter went to pieces. McGrath's volleying was as good as anything he has shown.
The Crawford-Lee match was a poor affair. Lee's strong forehand won him many points, but CraAvford's superior courtcraft carried him 'through.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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217AUSTRALIAN TENNIS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 11
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