BRILLIANT TENNIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 9 February 1933, Page 2

BRILLIANT TENNIS

SUCCESS OF AMERICANS. ANDREWS AND ANGAS WIN DOUBLES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Feb. 8. The United States tennis players beat the New Zealand team to-day at Miramar in the presence of nearly 3000 people on a heavy court, but in perfect weather. Andrews and Aligns covered themselves with glory by beating the world-famed doubles pair, Allison and Van Ryn, in a brilliant match. The singles play showed that, with the same opportunities for consistent matcliplay with the best of outside countries, New Zealand players would rank high. Results were as follow: SINGLES. Id. E. Vines (U.S.A.) beat E. D. Andrews (N.Z.), 6—4, 7—5. W. Allison (U.S.A.) beat C. E. Malfroy (N.Z.), 10—8, 6—4. J. Van Ryn (U.S.A.) bent D. G. France (N.Z.‘), 6—2, 3—6, 6—l. K. Gledhill (U.S.A.) beat C. Aligns (N.Z.), 6—7, 7—5, B—6. DOUBLES. Andrews and Angas (N.Z.) beat Allison and Van Ryn (U.S.A.), 6—4, 6—B, 6—3.

Vines and Gledhill (U.S.A.) beat Malfroy and Franco (N.Z.), 6—4, 6—4.

, Those who expected to see Vines solely as a hurricane server and smiter were doomed to disappointment. He used his heaviest artillery against An-drews-only on vital points, relying mainly on a skilful change of pace nnd length and brilliant punched volleys. Fast driving duels from the back line enthused the crowd, but it gasped when Vines smashed and served harder than seen before in New Zealand. He never defended from the net and volley's never came back. Whereas many of Andrews’s mistakes were forced by Vines’s aggressiveness, most of Vines’s were self-made as he leaves little margin for error. Vines owed his win mainly to superiority of service. Both made" brilliant recoveries, but Andrews’s sliced backhand won him many points. For the most part the game was fought from the base line. There was little between Allison and Malfroy. the former keeping the ball inside the base line more consistently than Malfroy, who was apt to overdrive. Both used driving to take the net so that brilliant passing shots and volleying were seen from both. Allison’s volleying and smashing were much more forceful and it was this aggression which upset Malfroy’s accuracy nnd lost him his three set points in the first set. Both served freely, but Allison was more consistent in return of service.

Five double faults in Iris first two service games was France’s record against the quick-moving Van Ryn. Except in the second set, which lie won by brilliant volleying following angled fast drives, France presented no real opposition to the American who drove deeply on both wings ( putting over heavy chops as a variation and going to the net where he punched volleys for keeps. Except in small patches France was outclassed in the third set. Angas made the pace against Gledhill and was somewhat unlucky not to win in two sets. Gledliill’s fine placements made Angas do most of the running, but the New Zealander’s beautiful stalking left Gledhill standing in midcourt frequently. But Gledhill’s powerful volleying, smashing, cut drives and fast service turned the scale in his favour. Angas’s shots, unless passing ones, were hardly fast enough on the slow' court to prevent Gledhill getting to them. ' The doubles between Andrews and Angas and Allison and Van Ryn was the most brilliant match of the day. Angas, with brilliant angled stop volleying, and Andrews, with heavy artillery, were on top almost throughout. ’ There were numerous lightning speed volleying rallies with all four at the net, but mainly the New' Zealanders held the net and kept the Americans back. Angas was brilliant in volleying. Van Ryn was off in ground strokes and, except for a bad patch struck by Angas, the New’ Zealanders never looked like losing. The American were much more severe overhead than the New Zealanders, but they also made more mistakes. Malfroy and France w;ere not playino- at all well against Vines and Gledhill, who outplayed the New' Zealanders from the net.