TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 January 1934, Page 2

TENNIS

DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIPS [PER press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, January 4. The tennis championships were con tinned in fine weather up to five o’clock, when rain caused a postponement of further play. As a result of the matches to-day, Andrews meets Sproule, and Donohoe . meets Malfroy in the semi-finals of the men’s singles. The best contest to-day was that in which Sproule defeated Angas 6/3, 6/2, 3/6, 6/2. In the women’s semi-finals, Mrs. Dykes meets Miss Valkenburg, and Miss Marjorie MacFarlane meets Miss Bickerton. In the men’s doubles - semi-final, Sproule and Donohoe beat Angas and Barnett 7/5, 6/4, 6/0. TO-DAY’S PLAY CHRISTCHURCH, January 5. The New Zealand tennis championship results are as follow: — Men’s Doubles, semi-final: Seay and Malfroy beat Rhodes-Williams and Dymond, 6/2, 6/4, 5/7, 6/1. Women’s Singles, semi-final: Miss Valkenburg (Australia) beat Mrs Dykes 6/8, 6/4, 6/4. Miss Bickerton (Australia) beat Miss Macfarlane, 6/3, 6/3. Women’s Doubles, semi-final: Mrs W. J. Melody and Miss Nicholls (Wellington) beat Mrs J. D. Carl and Miss B. Gould (Canterbury), 6/3, 7/5. Junior Combined Doubles, semifinal: Miss Dickey and Corich beat Miss Burns and Morrison 5/6, 6/5, 6/3. Men’s Plate, semi-final: RhodesWilliams beat E. L. Bartlect by default.

Boys’ Singles, final: —J. Corich (Canterbury), beat J. Gunn (Auckland) 5/6, 6/4, 6/3.