DAVIS CUP TIE

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 April 1937, Page 7

DAVIS CUP TIE

NEW ZEALAND v. CHINA

FIRST SINGLES MATCHES

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(Recd. April 30, 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 29.

Mr Jordan and the New Zealand Coronation contingent lunched with the Mayor of Brighton, which they visited to witness the Davis Cup tie. ■ First round: Khosinkie (China) defeated Malfroy (N;Z.), 6/0, 6/3, 4/6, 6/2. Steaman (N.Z.) defeated Choy (China), C/4, 6/0, 6/2. Khosinkie was recently successful on the Continent and in Britain. He has consistently improved since he arrived in Europe last year. He showed the usual cleverness in the first two sets, scoring with angled straight stop volleys, to-which Malfroy’s heavily top-spun shots were weak returns. The New Zealander, however, rallied- in ,■ the second set after being 0/3, won two games, lost the sixth on a netcord' shot, and won the seventh, but Khosinkie won the set, getting great pace with the backhand cross-court drives, also effectiv’ely slicing down the line. Malfroy steadied in the third set, the lengthening rallies slowing the game. He won the last three games in a row. Netting errors by the New Zealander gave Khosinkie a 4/2 lead in the fourth set, which he captured, breaking Malfroy’s service with untakeable smashes.

The second singles was almost a “practice match’’ for Stedman, who completely outplayed Choy. After four all, in the first set, Stedman, with fine forehand driving and smashing, forged ahead and won, 6/4. He took the vital points as required, and' refused to exert himself unnecessarily. Choy made a valiant effort in the second set, but Stedman overwhelmed hijn, winning 6/0. Stedman quickly ran to 4/0 in the third set, and then slackened up, enabling Choy with clever placements to win the two games. Stedman easily won the next two for the match. AUSTRALIAN ESTIMATE MEXICO CITY, April 28. The Australian Davis Cup tennis team continued practice. Mr. C. E. Sproule, the captain, is not yet satisfied with the form of the team. A. K. Quist and V. B. McGrath shared a set each. J. Bromwich beat J. H. Crawford,- 8-6, 3-2 (unfinished). Mr. Sproule is confident that if the team beats the United States it will be relatively easy to beat Germany and England. BROMWICH LEFT OUT. (Received April 30, 1.30 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, April 29. The draw is as follows: — Quist v. Reyes. McGrath v. Tapia. Doubles: Crawford and Quist v. Unda and Hernandez. Sproule said that his fellows were in good shape. It was no reflection on Bromwich that he is not in the team. He still has time. The team to play at Forest Hills is not necessarily uteed here. The conditions there with grass courts will be very different. .