DAVIS CUP FINAL
FIRST SINGLES MATCHES TILDEN & COCHET WIN [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received July 26, 10.30 a.m. PARIS, July 25. In the challenge round for the Davis Cup: — Tilden beat Borotra 2/6, 7/5, 6/4, 7/5., • Cochet beat Lott 6/4, 6/2, 6/2. • The crowded stands at the Auteuil Stadium, iVitnessed an excellent afternoon’s tennis. Borotra began cautiously, but Tilden found his length in the second set, and drew up from 1/4 to 4 all. After that the Frenchman never looked like a winner, although he pulled up from 2/5 to 5/6 in the last set. He finished almost at the point of collapse. Cochet soon assumed the masters' in the match against Lott, and the issue never seemed in doubt. Cochet made mans' excellent placings down the side lines, varied by judicious approaches to ‘ the net. Crafty cross court work kept Lott on the run until the end. Cochet and Brugnon will meet Allison and Vanryn to-morrow in the doubles.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 July 1930, Page 7
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