TENNIS
TENNIS FREAKS
On e term::-' freak might well he considered sufficient tor any one generation. Vivian McG-ratn with his double-handed backhand, has intrigued the • world in the last year or two, and hi:< development has been so rapid that iy Sydney recent!-.- he very nearly defeated Fred Pern- jn their semi-fiuqii for :';he Australian championship. Playing at. Rusheuitor's Ear at the same time wa e a 15-year-old boy, j. Bromwich, who serves right-handed, hits ground shots on hin left side with his left hand, his shots on the right side with, both hands. Even his vollevinc is After having played ag mst McGrath: having wahchcJ. BronvnSoh; sand having heard of another boy in the No wen Tile district who serves with both hands. Perry remarked : “The next time I come to Sydney 1
wouldn’t be surprised to sec someone using the racquet with his feet.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12199, 10 March 1934, Page 11
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146TENNIS Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12199, 10 March 1934, Page 11
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