BUDGE AND QUIST

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 7

BUDGE AND QUIST

In an. article in the Melbourne "Herald" in which he reviews world tennia during the past season, Hopman states that apart from Perry; two young men,; Donald Budge and Adrian Quist, shared most of the honours.. "Budge shows; more promise ox. developing into a champion than Quist, for, although two years younger, his temperament is more ideal and his game and outlook more mature. His backhand has always been good, and last year, it was his outstanding stroke. Now, however, his service has improved to be it 3 equal. His forehand is said to be weak in the forecourt, but Quist, Crawford, and .Sproule, although admitting it is not as good as his backhand, :. deny, that it is weak. On the wo.rd of Crawford, I.'have it that Budge has ;■ also improved his volleying, so.lt is easy to imagine how he came to.reach several match points against Perry in the American singles.

Quist maintained the ' advance he made during our last season .when Vie dethroned Crawford from number one position in Australia. He has consolidated his stroke equipment .and hita every stroke confidently. He has rio loophole in his defence so far as his strokes are concerned, but his temperament is not yet "world championship." He is still very young for 23, yet has developed so rapidly from the boy stage ■■ in the past two years that a further chance may see him cast off the moodiness that at times envelops his game. Quist has the best volley, and his ground strokes are sound. In wind and limb he is perfect, so he looks like Australia's premier player for several years."'

It is reported that, E. L. Bartleet, the Auckland lawn tennis champion in 1927, 1929. 1930. 1932, and 1935. is contemplating a really 'serious attempt at a "come-back." Bartleet is still an outstanding player, and, if he regains his best form, should have excellent prospects of winning the Auckland title for the sixth time.