TENNIS TITLES

Evening Star, Issue 23498, 12 February 1940, Page 10

TENNIS TITLES

DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS I 1 rain causes postponement j [Per United Press Association.] , i WELLINGTON, February 10. Steady rain which began at 1 o’clock caused an early abandonment of play 1 in the semi-finals of tho New Zealand centennial lawn tennis championships at Miramar to-day. Play began at * noon and continued until just after 1 1 o’clock. Provided conditions permit, '• the remainder of the semi-finals will bo played on Monday and tho finals on ■ Tuesday. . , , , Howo and Bromwich ceased play with the score at 3 all in the first set. . The Wellington player on the run of the game until then promised to give the Australian champion a good run, but Bromwich appeared not to have settled down properly. Miss Beverley, of. Waikato, would have done better against Miss Wynne if she had finished as she started. She led 2-0 in the first set, but seemed unable to keep up tho pace,> and once Miss Wynne settled down she had things mostly her own way. Time after time Miss (Beverley lost points through the Australian’s better play on the backhand, which is one of the features of her game, besides her vigorous hitting and shrewd placements. Another match that promised thnll;ncr entertainment for to-day s large gaTlery was that between Miss Coyne and 'Miss Hardcastle, both of. Australia, but it was postponed at set all.