TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 June 1937, Page 7

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WIMBLEDON FIRST RESULTS NEW ZEALANDERS WIN [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. June 22, Noon.) LONDON, June 21.

The annual British tennis championship tournament opened to-day. Results: —

MEN’S SINGLES, First Round

Cooper (New Zealand) defeated Young, 6/4, 6/3, 6/3. Andrews (New Zealand) defeated Jenssen (Norway), 6/1, 6/2, 6/1. Budge defeated Farquharson, 6/3, 6/2, 6/1. Grant defeated Hunt, 6/3, 6/4, 7/5.’ Cramm defeated Lysaght, 3/6, 6/1, 6/2, 6/0. Surface defeated Martenson 6/0, 6/2, 6/1. Austin defeated' Rogers, 3/6, S/6, 6/1, 6/2. McGrath defeated Ellmer (Switzerland), 0/6, 6/4, 6/4, 9/7. Bromwich defeated Comery, 6/3, 10/8, 6/1. Boussus defeated Ritchie, 6/1,. 6/2, 5/7, 6/3. ' Eedes (South Africa) defeated De Stefani, 6/1, 2/6, 7/5, 6/4. Mako defeated Jamain, 6/4, 5/7, 6/3, 6/3. Sproule defeated Sturgeon, 2/6, 6/3, 6/4, 6/2. Other first-round winners included Brugnon, Pallada, Parker, Hecht, Henkel, Lee, Hare and' Kirby. Coombe (New Zealand) defeated Partridge 6/1. 6/2, 10/8. Crawford defeated Menzel 6/4, 7/9, 4/6, 6/3, 6/4. Stedman (New Zealand) defeated A. Brown 6/1, 6/3, 6/3. Other winners included Khosinkie ;and Shayes. All the seeded players, with the exception of Menzel, won their games.

CRAWFORD DEFEATS MENZEL. , LATER. Crawford in the first round of the singles defeated Menzel by three sets to two (scores to follow). Crawford’s backhand was working perfectly in the early sets. His forehand placements were also fine, but Menzel caused worry with hard service and heavy top-spin drives. Both played clever tennis, but the similarity of tactics tended to dullness. The match lasted two hours twenty minutes. Bromwich, making his first appearance at Wimbledon, was opposed only by a good club player. The Australian was not very convincing. McGrath started’ shakily, and was unable to find a reply to Ellmer’s steadiness, but found touch in the second set, and thereafter outplayed his Swiss opponent. Playing on adjoining courts, late in the evening, Coojnbe and Stedman had comparatively easy wins. Andrews meets Crawford in the second round. Coombe meets McGrath. Stedman meets Nigel Sharpe. Players from twenty-seven nations are present at the championships. The biggest feature of the day after Crawford’s win was the young South African, Eedes’, defeat of Stefani, partly due to a robust service. Lysaght surprisingly took a set from Cramm, but once the German became familiar with the grass surface, the Englishman was doomed.