AUSTRALIA WINS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 9

AUSTRALIA WINS

MEXICO OUTCLASSED

CRAWFORD'S SMASHES

BIEXICO CITY, May 1. In the Davis Cup doubles J. H. Crawford and A. K. Quist (Australia) beat A. Unda arid Hernandez (Mexico), 6-2,:6-3, 6-3. ......-'., ,; The match was a straight midcourt , game. . Crawford's : overhead smashes outclassed the Mexicans.. The Australians broke through Unda's service in the fourth and eighth games md through Hernandez's in : the sixth. . Quist dropped :his service ,■. in the seventh game. Crawford won. the first game in the second set to love; Mexico won the next on . the Australians' errors. The" eleventh and twelfth games products! brilliant rallies. The Australians put on; <he.. pressure and ran out the set.- The Mexicans fought hard in the final set, but the Australians always had their measure and won comfortably. The match in which McGrath beat Tapia on Friday centred on the third set, the Mexican, assuming a surprising 3-0 lead and playing accurate and wellbalanced tennis. The Australian, however, quickly terminated his spurt with a deliberate forcing : game, leaving ; Tapia all at sea. McGrath evened the score at 3-3 and the games then alternated with service : until: a break in Tapia's service in the ninth game gave the Australian the vital lead. He clinched the set on his own service. ■■';. In the first;set; McGrath's: consistent scoring with smashes and placements showed- up Tapif. af a disadvantage. The Mexican seemed bewildered : but settled down in the second set, and really contested every. game,, many, of which went to deuce; .. ; .. : . . '.T. ■•;;;.. >'\:: spkoule: pleased..: ■:.'.. _. ,':After''the' : first .two singles : the manager -of' ,tha7^Australian Davis Cup team1 (Mr. C. Sproule) said: "I am; very pleased with the way the boys played'in view of the job they have in front of them In a month. The Mexicans did-not. give of .'their best today. Reyes^was a little, nervous and Tapia lacks match play. The Mexicans probably helped to bring about their own defeat by the kindness they have been showing us since we first arrived. McGrath's hand is much.. better and he merely used a slight tape, bandage. Everybody in the squad is well."