QUIST AT HIS BEST

Evening Post, Issue 17, 20 July 1936, Page 9

QUIST AT HIS BEST

MEMORABLE FINISH

ANKLE BADLY HURT

LONDON, July 19.

Critics declare that Quist has never produced anything in England remotely comparable to his play in the singles. The closing stages will live long, with yon Cramm plunging for winners, often raising chalk clouds and more often fractionally missing the lines, and Quist saving match point after match point by an iron will and extraordinary sureness and activity, despite |an ankle which was so strained that it was found afterwards, when the lust of battle had vanished, that he could scarcely walk. Each had the mortification of seeing match points vanish in creeping netcords, but neither lost heart.

An analysis of the play shows a dif* ference of 15 points between the contestants. Yon Cramm had the advantage of extra severity. He plays with a smaller margin, of error than Quist, and consequently suffered more from the gale. The fact that be always increased his pace when in danger, instead of altering his tactics, testified to his stoutness of heart. His service and the way Quist took it in the fifth set were memorable. Quist's relief was apparent when many unreachable cannon-ball services were providentially called out by microscopic margins. . .

Quist's strained ankle may be fatal to Australia's chance of challenging Great Britain. His foot was so swollen a^ter the match that he could not get a' shoe on. An -X-ray examination will be made tonight. His participation in the doubles on Monday is questionable, but 'the decision need not be made until an hour before the match. However, the real need for Quist is against Henkel on Tuesday. If Henkel is unfit for Monday's doubles, Lur.d will replace him.