TENNIS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1938, Page 2

TENNIS

U.S. DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS

(United Press Association—By Electric Iblegraph—Copyright. I - BOSTON, ,Angust 24. ■Results of the United States doubles tennis championships are as follows: MEN’S DOUBLES. ATlisan and Van Byn defeated Riggs and Grant 6-1, 8-6, 6-2. Budge aiul Alako defeated Bobbitt and Guernsey 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. WOMEN’S DOUBLES. Wynne and Coyne (Australia), defeated Wolfenden and Canning 10-8, 6-2. Stammers and Lumb defeated Hopmhn and Stevenson (Australia) 6-1, 1-6, 11-9. Marble and Fabyan defeated Andruse and Henrotin 6-4, 5-7, 12-10. Mathicu and Jedrezjowska defeated Bundy and Workman 6-2, 6-2. ' MIXED DOUBLES. Wynne and Quist (Australia), defeated Winslow and Hughes 6-1, 6-2. Coyne and Bromwich (Australia), defeated Pat Henry and Owen Anderson 6-4, 6-3. Hopman and Hopman (Australia), defeated Andus and Puncee 6-2, 6-3. Stevenson and Schwartz defeated Stammers and Pat Hughes 8-6, 6-2.

Wynne' and Coyne played loosely in the first set against Wolfenden and Canning, Wynne particularly being far below top form. The high wind bothered Covne greatly. The Californians once had set point, but were unable to put over the deciding point. The Australians improved in the sec-, ond set, and won with comparative ease.

The match between Stammers and Lumb and Hopmian and Stevenson was easily the most exciting so far in the women’s division. The Australians showed great courage and excellent strategy, but were just unable *to match the power of the Britishers’ drives. In the final set, the Auotralians had match point three tiines in the fourteenth game, but each time lost the point. Stammers proved •the deciding factor. ‘ DAVIS. CIJP PROSPECTS. BOSTON, August 24. The Australian Associated Press correspondent says: With the Davis 1 Cup challenge round in the immediate offing, the national doubles’ tournament so far has brought only head-I aches to the American tennis officials, with . the biggest headache due to , the sorry showing of Budge, contrasting sharply with the sparkling performance of Quist and Bromwich. There is, a growing belief that Budge has had too much tennis, and is. likeiy to . be much below form in the challenge singles. This possibility is ex-, ceodingly upsetting from the. American viewpoint, since in considering the prospects, the Americans had I taken ■■ for - granted, heretofore, that j Budge ‘would win both his singles j with the margin of victory / probably depending upon whether Biggs would win one of his singles matches. Now,- while the Americans still feel Budge will win, they realise that anything might happen if he is j really badly over-trained. i : Although Riggs is admittedly a ! much better singles than doubles player;' his showing in the doubles was mediocre in the. extreme, and has not added any cheer to the American frame of mind.

There is more than a. little speculation concerning the semi-final match of tlie national doubles between Budge and Mako and Allison and Van Byn, since the latter seemed much superior in. to-day’s matches.

BUDGE’S DELAY. , IN. TURNING “PRO.” NEW YORK,- August 25. George Lott, writing in Colliers Magazine, advises Budge to turn professional.'at the end of the current tennis season, before his money-mak-ing powers dwindle, through defeat. Lott also warns Budge that memories are -most difficult to live upon. He declares that he has heard Mr Dwight Davis say: “Tennis has given me a great deal of enjoyment, 'but sometimes I wonder if the Davis Cup was "a good thing. It lias become too big and it requires too much time from the young fellows, who ought to be thinking of the serious problems of .life. 1 wonder if it has been an asset or a detriment to the sport.”