TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 25678, 29 December 1945, Page 8

TENNIS

NORTH ISLAND TOURNEY

(P.A.) HASTINGS, December 28. The best display given so far in the North Island championship lawn tennis tournament at Hastings was provided to-day by N. V. Edwards (Wellington), the former New Zealand champion and Davis Cup player, and J. T. Mayson, one of Auckland's top-ranking players. Edwards finally won, but not without losing a marathon second set to the Auckiander. In the quarter-finals of the men's singles, J. W. Gunn (Auckland) beat R. S. McKenzie (Wellington) after losing the first set. In the semi-final round Edwards had his revenge on E. V. Robb (Wellington), by whom he was beaten in the recent Wilding Shield match. The finalists in the men's singles will be Edwards and the winner of the match between Gunn and S. Paynter (Wellington). The women's singles has resolved itself into a final match between the Wellington players, Mrs J. McVay and Mrs R. V. Robb. Results:— MEN'S SINGLES. —Quarter-finals.— S. Painter beat D. Livingston, 6-4, 6-3. , N. V. Edwards beat J. T. Mayson, 6-2, 11-13, 6-3.

R. V. Robb beat A. W. Tills, 6-4, 6-0. J. W. Gunn beat (R. S. McKenzie, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. —Semi-finals. — Edwards beat Robb, 7-9, 6-4, 6-3. WOMEN'S SINGLES. —Semi-finals.— Mrs R. V. Robb beat Miss M. Snelling, 7-5, 6-0. •■*" 'l Mrs J. McVay beat Mrs J. Graham, 6-4, 64. \ MEN'S DOUBLES. —Second Round. — . N. V. Edwards and R. S. McKenzie beat R. Lynn and C. Shearin, 6-2, 6-2. Huckstep and A. W. Tills beat G. K. Tapp and ,R. L. Tapp, 6-1, 6-3. S. Painter and R. V. Robb beat A. L. Ritchie and J. B. Wilson, 6-0, 6-4. D. Goodwin and R. J. Sharpe beat Ferkins and J. N. Lowry, 6-1, 6-3. Third Round. J. W. Gunn and J. T. Mayson beat R. J. Fullerton and D. Lynch, 6-1, 6-3. —Quarter-finals. — D. Livingston and J- Roach beat N. R. C. Wilson and R. P. Fish, 6-4, 6-3. S. Painter and R. V. Robb beat J. Charters and L. Roach, 6-0, 6-4. Gunn and Mayson beat Tills and Huckstep, 6-3, 6-3. N. Edwards and R. S. McKenzie beat D. Goodwin and R. Sharpe, 6-3, 6-1. WOMEN'S DOUBLES. —Quarter-finals. — Misses E. Attwood and J. Wallace beat Mesdames N. V. .Edwards and Kennedy, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Mesdames J. Graham and J. McVay beat iMesdames G. Armstrong and A. L. D. Ritchie, 6-0, 6-0. —Semi-finals.— Mesdames McVay and Graham beat Misses P. Longton and E. A. Nash, 6-0, 6-1. Mrs R. V. Robb and Miss M. Snelling beat Misses'Attwood and Wallace, 6-1, 6-2. MIXED DOUBLES. —Third Round.— P. E. Ogier and Mrs Qgier beat J. T. Mayson and Miss J. Wallace, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. J. Gunn and Miss E. Attwood beat R. D. Shanpe and Miss H. Groome, 6-4, 6-3. —Quarter-finals. — J. Charters and Mrs J. Graham beat Ogier and Mrs Ogier, 6-4, 6-1. S. Painter and Miss M. Snelling beat N. R. Wilson and Mrs G. Cotterill, 6-2, 6-1.