TENNIS.

Grey River Argus, 24 June 1925, Page 6

TENNIS.

WIMELEDON CONTESTS. LONDON, June j For W i nibledo’n tourney there vva: co<d. cloudy weather, but a dusty nortl east wind affected play. There was largo attendance for the opening day. Most of thi* spectators were concentra ted in the centre court. Nicholson ant Salmond scratched i»n the singles t* Brame-Hillyard and Foret respectively Miss Eames (New Zealand) beat Mr. Melody 6/2, 6/2 G/l . Eames’s peen liar reverse service troubled Mrs Mel o»ly, who either over hit or underhil thu high bounding ball. Scroopc beat Ctz 6/4, 8/6 6/4. Gilbert beat the Indian Davis Cu; representative badly. The Frenehmari Cochet, beat the Yorkshire champion, Gregory. Anderso*n beat Andreae 2/6, 6/3 6/5 6/3, 6/3. Andreae at one time with the score at two sets all, was leading 3/1, Anderson just escaping aftoi being eliminaVd in the first round. H< seldom revealed top form. Andreat was a perti'iiacious defender, retri|»vina brilliantly, but Anderson was mostly wild an<l erratic. Godfrey, the British Davis Cup representative was beaten by anothei Englishman, Sharpe .3/6, 6/4, 6/1, 6/2. NEW YORK June 22. Tilden is still the Tennis Champio»n. having beaten Richards on the Metropolitan clay courts in the Championship by 6/3, 6/3, 6/4. LONDON, June 22. At Wimbledon Belgrave beat Fisher 6/3, 2/6, 6/1, 8/10, 6/3. Barclay’ beat Mavrogordato 12/14. 7/5 ? 6/1, 3/6, 6/3. In the “Daily Telegraph’’ Wallis -Myers says: “Andreae, who was «n medical practice in New Zealand before settling in India, is just the man Io harass greater players who are out of form. He gave the champion of Australia the fight of his life.” Australia and New Zealand between them were represented by eleven players in the men’s singles at Wimbledon, but the New Zealanders, Nicholson and Salmond, scratched, and Fothering ham’s match was deferred till to-mor-row. Of the remainder only A’nder son Sumner and Barclay reached the >econd round. Andreae provided Anderson with a most thrilling anti gruelling ru»n. Andreae sportingly said : ‘‘l’m glad 1 made such a good fight. I am most pleased that Anderson won, because 1 recognised that I could not have gone much farther, while Anderson might gc to the last stages of the championship. :