TENNIS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 38, 28 January 1932, Page 3

TENNIS

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS MISS M. MACFARLANE BEATEN. INTERESTING CONTESTS. Auckland, January 27. The New Zealand lawn tennis championships were continued to-day in fine but windy weather. The attendance was again highly satisfactory. Excellent progress was made with all sections with the result that to-morrow’s matches will bring together some of the leading contenders for the various titles. Particular interest attaches to the men’s singles matches in every instance and it is hard to say who will be the four left in. The same remarks apply so far as the ladies’ singles are concerned, and the games between Misses Nicholls and Hartigan, Mrs Dykes and Miss Hall, in particular should attract large galleries. The big surprise of to-day’s play was the defeat in straight sets of Miss Marjorie MacFarlane by Mrs France. There were some very interesting contests in the second round of the men’s singles, but all the leading players prevailed and so there were no surprises. A. L. France had a protracted duel for two and a half hours with Court, the North Island champion. There was not much variety in their play. Sturt made a good start against Aligns, leading 3—l and then 4—2 in the first sot. Once he settled down, however, Angas had the Aucklander on the run by superior placements and court craft. He displayed a great variety of shots and sent back brilliant returns from many of Sturt’s hard drives. Wilson dropped the first set of his match against Robinson, failing to win a single game. Thereafter, however, he sighted the ball better, and although Robinson stuck gamely to the task, Wilson’s better ail round strokes production enabled him to win three sets in succession. The Australian junior champion, Miss Hartigan, was fully extended to prevail over Mrs Melody in the second round of the ladies’ singles. Miss Hartigan took the first set to love and had the match point in the second set at 5—4. With characteristic tenacity, however, Mrs Melody stuck to her task and, staging a great recovery, she won the advantage set. Mrs Melody’s driving broke down in the third set under persistent pressure from her younger rival. Contrary to expectation Mrs France was responsive for. the elimination of Miss Marjorie MacFarlane. The Wellington player made no race of the first set, in which Miss MacFarlane was most erratic in nearly all of her shots. The second set was long drawn out, play taking place solely from the base line, and it was only a question of who committed the most errors. The seeded pairs all qualified in the second round of the men’s doubles. Macpherson (Auckland) and Schadick (Westport) and Robertson (Palmerston North) and Deaker (Dunedin) established a fresh tecord for court occupation during the tournament, one which wiii require some beating. It took them three and three-quarter hours to decide four sets. As indicated by the score it was a true Marathon contest. Mrs Molesworth was the only Australian to drop out in the ladies’ doubles, she and her partner, Mrs Thomson, of Wellington, being defeated by two other visitors, Misses Lloyd and Hartigan. Fine tennis' was seen in the doubles match between Stedman and Miss Hartigan a- '1 <•' and Mrs France.

As the score indicated there was not a great deal between them, the win. ners taking both sets running. Additional results were:— MEN’S SINGLES Third Round. Angas beat Sturt, 7—5, 6—3, 6—l; Bartleot beat Wright, 6—l, 6—2, 6 —4; Laurcnson beat Page, 6—l, 6—l, C—4. WOMEN’S SINGLES. Second Round. Miss Nicholls beat Miss Johnston, o—4, 6 —o; Miss Hartigan beat Mrs Melody, 6—o, 5 —7, 6—3; Mrs France beat Miss Marjorie MacFarlane, 6—l, 7 —5; Miss Knight beat Miss Newton, 6—3, 3—6, 6—4. MEN’S DOUBLES. Second Round. Angas and Barnett won from Hayr and Wright, by default; Griffiths and Harrison beat Tapper and Thomson, 6—o, 6—o, 6—4; Court and Lampe beat A. C. Johns and Rowlands, 6—3, 9—7, I—6, 6—4; France and France beat Johns and Johns, 6—4, 6—l, 6—4; Bartleet and Laurcnson beat Partridge and MacArthur, 6—2, 6—2, 6—3; Robertson and Deaker beat Macpherson and Schadick, 12—10, 9—7, 6—4, 6—4. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Second Round. Mrs Dykes and Miss Knight beat Mrs France and Miss Howe, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3; Misses Lloyd and Hartigan beat Mesdanies Molesworth and Thomson, 6—4, 3—6, 6—3; Mrs Melody and Miss Nicholls beat Mrs Schroff and Miss Whitelaw, 6—3, 6—3; Misses Valkenburg and Hall beat the Misses Mac Farlane, 6—l, 6—4. COMBINED DOUBLES First Round. Miss Eccles and Pickmere beat Miss Graham and Dickie, 6—l, 6 —3; Mrs. Thomson and Wilson beat Mrs Russell and Robinson, 6 —3, 10 —8 ; Miss Hall and A. C. Johns beat Miss Taylor and Charters, 6—2, B—6; Miss Beverley and Lampe beat Miss Knight and V. R. Johns, 3—6, 6—4, 6-4; Mrs. France and France beat Miss Whitelaw and Turner, 6 —2, 6 —3. Second Round. Miss Marjorie MacFarlane and Sturt beat Miss Johnson and Barnett, 6—2, 6— Miss Valkenburg and Morrison beat Miss Robertson and Lamb, 6—l, 7 — 5; Miss Howell and Court beat Miss Miller and Wright, 6—3, 5—7, 6—l; Mrs Molesworth and Griffiths beat Howe and Rousell, 6—4, 6 —o; Miss Nicholls and A. L. Franco beat Robson and Ohlson. 6 —2, 6—2; Miss Hartigan and Stedman beat Mrs. France and France, 7—5, 10—8. GIRLS’ SINGLES. Second Round. V. Burns (Wellington) beat R. Drake (Auckland). 6 —l, 6—4; A. Graham (Taranaki) beat S. Remiger (Auckland), 6—3, I—6, 6—2; A. Kean (Wellington), beat D. Dickie (Taranaki), o—6, 6—4, 6—4; B. Griffiths (Auckland) beat M. Bolwell (Otago), 6—3, 6—l.