WON BY ENGLISHMAN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1933, Page 5

WON BY ENGLISHMAN.

U.S.A. TENNIS SINGLES. PERRY WINS FIRST, FOURTH AND FIFTH SETS. CRAWFORD HANDICAPPED BY SICKNESS. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) ((Received This (Day, 12 noon.) FOREST HEELS (U.S.A.), Sept. 10. In the national singles tennis final at Forest Hills, Perry (England) defeated Crawford (Australia) (in an exciting game. Crawford lost the first set rather weakly, & —3. The second set was a long drawnout struggle, in which the Englishman was just a shade more accurate than Ms opponent; hut Crawford, in a dour fighting finish, carried off the set, 13 —-11. Playing faultless tennis, Crawford also: accounted for the third set, after Perry had been disconcerted by a line shall which he thought (was out. In the fourth and fifth sets, the Australian appeared in pain, and Perry had little difficulty in clinching a victory. Crawford explained, after the match, that he was dizzy during the two concluding sets. THE SCORES. (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) FOREST HILLS, Sept. 10. I The scores in the Perry v. Crawford match were: - 6—3, 11 —13, 4 —6, 6—o, 6 —l. BRITISH SUCCESSES AT EASTBOURNE. NEW ZEALANDERS CONTRIBUTE MATERIALLY. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 10. At the Eastbourne tennis tourney, Britain won 14 matches to two, including the following:— Andrews Ibeat Lecmbruggen, 5—7, 6—l, 6—l. Timmer beat Stedman (N.Z.), .1 —6, 6 —3, 6—4. - Andrews and Stedman beat Timmer and Scheller, 6—o, 6—3.