LAWN TENNIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 58, 6 February 1928, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS

TAKARO BEAT WEST.END. Takaro and West End played a keenly contested match on the Takaro courts, on Saturday, and the issue was in doubt until the last set, -Takaro eventually winning by 9 sets to 7, and 117 games to 111. Details of the ■ play . are. as follow, Takaro players being first mentioned : Men’s Singles.—Burstall lost to Burgess, 8—10; Gardner lost to Christie, 6—9; Gibson beat Billens, 9—6; Norris beat Blackbourne, 10 —8. Men’s Doubles.—Burstall and Gardner lost to Burgess and Blackbourne, 8—10; Gibson and Norris lost to Christie and Billens, 4—9. Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses Johansen and Miss Mardon, 7—5; Miss B. White beat Miss Thompson, 7—4; Miss Pettigrew beat Miss Newth, 7—5; Miss B. McFarlane beat Miss Blackbourne, 7—l. Ladies’ Doubles. —Miss Johansen and White lost to Misses Mardon and Newth, 6—B; Misses Pettigrew and McFarlane beat Misses Thompson and Blackbourne, B—6. Mixed Doubles.—Burstall and Miss Johansen lost to Burgess and Miss Mardon, 6—9 ; Gardner and Miss White lost to Christie and Thompson, 6—9; Gibson and Miss Pettigrew beat Blackbourn and Miss Newth, 9—-6; Norris and Miss McFarlane- beat Billens and Miss Blackbourn, 9—6. NORTHERN A BEAT MAN AW ATE A.

On the Manawatu courts the Northern Club A players, after some close games, defeated Manawatu A by 13 sets to 11, and 163 games to 149. Details of the play are as follow, Northern players being first mentioned:; — Men’s Singles.—N. Buist lost to Greer, 6—9; M- Williamson beat Keesing, 9—5; E; Robinson lost to Toms, 7—9; C. Isaacs beat Wyber, 9—4; Uren lost to Hulena, 3—9; B. Leydon beat Speechley, 9—5. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss G. Kirk lost to Miss Worrall, 3—7; Mrs Andrews lost to Miss Diederich, 2—7; Miss R. Kirk beat Mrs Wesney, 7—4; Miss L. Bycroft beat Miss Simmons, 7—4; Miss Heard beat Miss Bennett, 7—3; Miss Kibblewhite beat Miss R. Christian, 7—4.

Men’s Doubles. —Buist and Williameon beat Greer and Keesing, 9—4; Robinson and Isaacs beat Toms and Wyber, 9—B; Uren and Leydon lost to Hulena and Speechley, B—9. Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses Kirk lost to Miss Worrall and Miss Diederich, I—7; Mrs Andrews and Miss Heard lost to Mrs Wesney and Miss Simmons, 5—7; Miss Bycroft and Miss Kibblewhite lost to Miss Bennett and Miss Christian, 6—7.

Mixed Doubles. —Miss G. Kirk and N. Buist beat Miss Worrall and Greer, 9—6; Mrs Andrews and N. Williamson lost to Miss Diederich and Keesing, B—9; Miss R. Kirk and E. Robinson beat Mrs Wesney and Toms, 9—7; Miss Bycroft and C. Isaacs lost to Miss Simmons and Wyber, 6 —9 j Miss Heard and Uren beat Miss and Hulena, 9—4; Miss Kibblewhite and Leydon beat Miss Christian and Speechley, 9—2. NORTHERN B BEAT MANAWATU B.

On the Northern courts, Northern B decisively beat Manawatu B by 14 sets to 2, and 130 goals to 60. Details of the play are as follow, Manawatu players being first mentioned:— Men’s Singles.—Benfell lost to H. G. Bycroft, 9—o; Marsack lost to Louisson, 9—-1; Warrall lost to Loveday, 9—5; Sulser. beat Boyd, 9—B. Men’s Doubles.—Benfell and Marsack lost to Bycroft and Loveday, 9 —6; Warrall and Sulser lost to Louiss'on and Boyd, 9—2. ~■? Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Fuller beat Miss Waters, 7— r 6 ; Miss Hopwood lost to Miss Heard, 7—4; Mrs Marsack lost to Miss Bennett. 7—3; Miss Speechley lost to Mrs" Stannard, 7—0..

Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Fuller and Hopwood lost to Misses Waters and Bennett, 7—6; Mrs Marsack and Miss Speechley lost to Miss Heard and Mrs Stannard, 7— S. Mixed Doubles.—Benfell and Miss Fuller lost to Bycroft and Miss Waters, 9—3; Marsack and Miss Hopwood lost to Louisson and Miss Heard, 9—2; Warrall and Mrs Marsack lost to Loveday and Miss Bennett, 9—6; Sulser and Miss Speechley lost to Boyd and Mrs Stannard, 9—4. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. SYDNEY, Feb. 5. The following are the results of the Australian tennis championships : Mixed doubles.—Hawkes and Miss Boyd (Victoria) beat Boussus and Miss Bickerton (New South Wales), 6—l, 8—6. .

Men’s doubles.—Borotra and Brugnon beat Schlesinger and Wertheim (Victoria), 6—4, 3—6, 5—7, 6—l, 6—l. In the final "stages of the men’s singles, Borotra beat Cummings (New South Wales), 6—4, 6—l, 5—7, 6—3. Borotra showed wonderful speed, and volleyed and smashed perfectly. Cummings’s tennis improved greatly during the latter part of the game, but he was unable to beat the agile Frenchmen. Borotra, in the early part of the match, played further back than usual to counter Cummings’s cross-court strokes. He made several errors off Cummings’s slow shots, and his foothold was somewhat insecure. This hindered him considerably. Cummings played very gamely. In the final of the Australian doubles championship Brugnon and Borotra (France) beat Willard (New South Wales) and Moon (Queensland), 6—2, 4—6, 6—4, 7—5. Borotra made many wonderful interceptions, but sometimes failed in returns. Willard played magnificently, making winner after winner, seldom missing a volley or a smash, and carrying the attack to the opponents throughout. Moon was disappointing. He appeared nervy, frequently letting the ball pass. Brugnon played in a style far away ahead of any exhibition yet given here, and the Frenchmen won a well-earned doubles title of Australia. Foot-faults were frequently called against them, and the action of the umpire' puzzled spectators in view of the Lawn Tennis Association Management Committee’s decision not to enforce a rigid' interpretation of the foot-fault rule in any matches in which the Frenchmen were engaged. The frequent calling upset both Borotra and Brugnon, but they took the decisions in a sporting spirit. •—Press Association. FHENCHMEN IN AUSTRALIA. PARIS, Feb. 3. Interviewed respecting a statement from Sydney that Jean Borotra had been recalled, M. Canet, president of the French Tennis Association, said that it was the first he had heard of it, and there was absolutely no truth in the statement. He would not dream for one moment of recalling the team before the termination of all - its engagements.—Sydney Sun cable. SYDNEY, Feb. 4. Referring to the reported cable from Paris recalling the French players home in readiness for the Davis Cup, Borotra said that he had not received any cable from the French Lawn Tennis Association asking the party to return to France in view of the approaching Davis Cup matches. He does not expect to receive one. He says that the French Association approved of the ar-

rangements before they left, and they will carry out their part of the programme.—Press Association. FOR DAVIS CUP. PARIS, Jan. 26. The authorities are speeding up the construction of a tennis stadium, rivalling the Anglo-American, at Porte d’Auteuil, seating 20,000, for the Davis Cup. Especially is progress being made with the principal court to enable defenders to practise on it from May. DAVIS CUP DRAW. PARIS, Feb. 3. The Davis Cup draw at the President’s Palace was a brilliant affair, ambassadors of most of the competing countries attending. President Doumerque said that policeness demanded that he should offer the best wishes to visitors for their success, but he hoped and believed the draw would again be made in Paris in 1929.

Laoosto, commenting on the draw, expressed the opinion that the United States-Japan contest would be the deciding contest in the American zone and the Australia-South Africij contest in the European zone. —A. and N.Z. cable.