THE FINAL STAGES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 11

THE FINAL STAGES

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.!

WANGANUI, January 20.

With only a slight breeze to contend with better conditions prevailed for the third day of the junior tennis championships. Boys! single was reduced to the final. The quarter-finals and one semi-final were played in the girls' championships, the semifinalist winner being the Canterbury girl, D. Elsom. Both doubles championships reached the final stage, and m the combined doubles one quarterfinal has been played. Results:— Boys' Singles. Quarter-finals.—B. Kelly (Wellington)- beat F. Haddock (Walkato), 6-1, 6-0 ;; K. ■ McKenzle (Wellington) beat D. Smith (WelUngton),' 6-1, 7-5; R. Secord (Canterbury! I beat K. Forsyth (Marlborough), 6-3, 7-5. ( Semi-finals. —Burns beat Kelly, 6-4, o-*» I McKenzle beat Secord, 6-1, 6-0. Boys' Doubles. ; Quarter-finals.— Boosey and Walker beat Barrance and McKenzie, 10-8, 5-7,. 6-3. Semi-finals. —Burns and J. Jsmith beat Boosey and Walker, 6-3, 6-3; Thompson and Johnston beat Secord and Barton, b-3, 5-1, 6-3. Girls' Singles. Quarter-finals.—B. Potter (Auckland) beat B. Warren' (Taranaki), 3-6 6-2 6-3; J. Wallace (Auckland) beat J. Mcholls (Wellington), 6-4, 5-6, 6-2; D. Elsom (Canterbury) beat B. Hodges (Auckland), 6-5, 6-4; >.. i Symes (Auckland) beat J. Carroll (Wellington), 6-1, 6-3. ■ . Semi-finals.—Elsom beat Symes, 9-6, 6-4, 6-2. v Girls' Doubles. Quarter-finals. —M. and R. Hodges beat Gilmour and Carrell, 6-2, 6-2; W. Smttlr and Wallace beat Jacobs and Spackman, 5-6, 6-4, 7-5. - Semi-finals. —M. and R. Hodges beat Nicholl* and Markman, 6-3, 6-3; Elsom and Fleetwood beat Wallace and W. Smith, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. - Mixed Doubles. Third Round. —Burns and Hodges beat P. Smith and O'Neill, 6-0, 6-2; Porsyth and liloyd beat Secord and Burrell, 6-4. 6-2; J Smith and W. Smith beat Dunn and Monkman, 6-4, 6-2; Kelly and Nicholls beat Johns and R. Hodges, 4-6, 6-5, 6-4; Walker and Gilmour beat Barrance and Chester, 6-2, 6-2; Haddock and Potter beat Mullit and Wallace, 6-5, 1-6, 6-2; Kitt and Dickie beat McCracken and Warren, 6-2, 6-4. Quarter-finals. —Barton and Elsom beat Kelly and Nicholls, 6-3, 6-3; Haddock and Potter beat Kitt and Dickie, 6-3, 6-4. Boys' Plate." Second Bound.~Kidd beat Reid 9 r 3, Kitt beat Barrance 9-7, Welsh beat Feaver 9-3, Gollan beat Blenkhorn 9-7, Dunn beat Perry ! 9-2. Third Round. —P.' Smith beat Kidd 9-3, Kitt beat Free 9-5, Welsh beat Payne 9-7, Dunn beat Gollan. 9-4. Semi-flnals. —Smith beat Kitt 9-6, Dunn beat Welsh 9-6. Final. —D. Dunn- (Wellington) beat P. Smith (North Auckland) 9-7. Girls' Plata. Second Round.—Dickie beat Burrell 9-4, Merrle beat Thompson 9-0, Ludlow beat Todd 9-4. Sexton beat Spackman 9-6. Third Round. —Fleetwood beat Jones 9-1, Dickie beat Merrie 9-5, I.udlow beat Evans 9-7, Sexton beat Dath 9-3, Semi-flnals. —Dickie beat Fleetwood t~V* | Ludlow beat Sexton 9-7.