Lawn Tennis Notes

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 111, 6 November 1937, Page 23

Lawn Tennis Notes

BUDGE HEADS THE LIST

WORLD TENNIS RANKINGS i

There is no doubt in the mind of Mr. Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, Melbourne, that

Budge, the American, is No. 1 in the jvorld tennis rankings, says

the "Herald." Mr. Brookes and his wife passed through Auckland from Los Angeles recently, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Bundy and Miss Dorothy Workman, two Californian women, tennis players whom he considers should before long be in the front rank. across the court rather'than the right directly behind the lift. .:: Take the racket well back in plenty of time before the ball arrives and swing forward with a straight arm pressing the hand down as you swing forward. Be up on the toes with knees slightly bent. If it is a low shot, bend to it. and at all times, keep.ithe head of the racket at least as high sis the hand holding it. Swing the racket well forward and develop a good follow through. Depth In driving is more important than pace, and remember hot to hit a low ball near the net too hard. If it clears the net it will sail out if it is going fast. ' ~..,;.; ~

At the present time yon Cramm and Henkel, both Germans, are in Japan, but towards the end of this month they will leave for Australia. Similarly, Budge and Mako have arranged to catch the Monterey, on her next trip south to arrive at Sydney on November 29, In time for the Victorian tennis championships and to give a few exhibition matches. Both Budge and Mako were nearly exhausted with playing, said Mr. Brookes, and would welcome the spell of a sea voyage. It was not likely that they would play in New Zealand, and when they left Sydney by the Monterey on f ebruary 4 they would make an .uninterrupted passage to America. ....

As the Australian tennis championships did not finish until the endi of January, Mr. Brookes said, it would be impossible for them to break their journey at Auckland. Moreover, they would need a good rest before the tennis season began again in their own country. • , _ ■ . ';;

"I promised the American • Lawn Tennis Association that I would do my best to see they were riot over-played or subjected to too much travel," he added. -,- ..: : •'.■ -. :, .•-. • ■ PROMISING PLAYERS Miss Bundy, who is 21, and Miss Workman, who is 23, are two of the leading junior players in the United States,. for whom great futures as tennis players are fbrecaat by Mr. Brookes. They played exhibition games at the Stanley Street courts while in Auckland, arid attracted, a great deal of attention, i--;-. -■■■..';•■ ■' v , - ;•,;-'•';.'■■ 1-.V

Misses Workman and Buhdy played a friendly match against the Aucklanders, N. G^ Sturt and A. D; Brown. Three sets were decided, the home players being successful, 6-1, 6-4; &3; Sturt and Brown were in good term

"oy^rhi|sid,;- !yotli. Jl»eing".ve!Bpecially- good. The vlsltohK!'liirereMoUtliol'touch a little, but improyed conilderably as' the. play 'progressed^^-."?'-'"":^--:"'"'. "?"':'■■/'i ...•'' ":': j Features of the ladies' play were thaV; they adbpted they same style as men and hit equally as hard. In spite of their splendid volleyirig, the visitors .^^e\"-blteni'to»We/;toV%?e-wth;-«n«ny-. splendid placements by their opponents. Miss Workman haft a particularly fine service, being fairly fast and accurate, while her volleying was a treat to watch. Miss Bundy was strong on the forehand and her ground shots were more effective than those of her .opponents. ~ - '.'•. .'-..■'.■ :■■■ ';. •. ,v-.' •.

A combined, set was played between Brown and Miss Workman .and Sturt arid Miss Buridy;; All; the" players 'had found touch by this time and the whole set was marked :by splendid rallies, both at the net and on the backline. Brown and Miss Workman won, .6-2..;■';'..;■■ ..■■■.-'■' ■■■•'' '.'•'".';.: ■■' "" The play was, watched by Mr. Norman Brookes and officials of.the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association.' ./•;::".; :■:■ TENNIS IN:FAMILY,: • V:--/ ; Dorothy Bundy, ia a talented young pluyer of great ,' possibilities, and ,it would not be surprising if she sobn repeats her mother's successes in winning the championhips of England and the ;UriitedVSta'tesv;'< :\ ":ii.>..-"-' '■:■•: '■:[■.■'.[

The Bundy family has sport, arid paf-i ticular'iy tennis, in the bloqd. v Mrs: Buridy's thre«S sisters were famous in, sport. Thomas, C..Bundy was doubles champion of the United State's with Maurice E. McLoughlin in ,1912; 1913,; and 1914. And Dorothy Buridy's cousiri/Johri.H* Doeg, won the United States singles championship in 1930. THE FOREHAND DRIVE