EXHIBITION TENNIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 286, 31 October 1933, Page 2

EXHIBITION TENNIS

ENGLISH PLAYERS WIN EASILY. PERRY TURNS TABLES ON MALFROY. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 30. The exhibition tennis matches between *Perry and Wilde (England) and Ferkins and Malfroy (New Zealand) were continued to-day in windy weather. The Englishmen won with ease all the three matches played. Perry outclassed Malfroy m all departments. His low cross-court volleying and smashes left Malfroy helpless. Ferkins made the mistake of concentrating on Wilde’s backhand. On this, Wilde outplaced and outdrove Ferkins. In the doubles between Perry and Wilde and Malfroy and Ferkins, Malfroy did not try. Ferkins’s hard fighting saved the match from being a procession. Results were:— Perry beat Malfroy, 6—l, 6—l. Wilde beat Ferkins, 6—3, 6—o. Perry and AVilde beat Malfroy and Ferkins, 6—4, 6—2. On the day, Perry quite outclassed Malfroy. The game was fought from the back-line, except when Perry went in on deep drives to Malfroy’s backhand corner and then clipped the furthest side-line with fast volleys, taken low down, that Malfroy had no chance of reaching. Perry was never once extended. He did just as he pleased. His service took Malfroy out pf position and his fast skimming drives beat Malfroy time and again. His' ground strokes functioned perfectly and ■ his smashing was deadly. Ferkins fought gallantly against AVilde, but AVilde’s placing was too accurate and his pace too fast for Ferkins to deal with effectively. He made marvellous recoveries, but they only served to force him further out of position and make AVilde’s task all the easier. Wilde made scarcely a mistake with his backhand, sending the ball fast across the court or straight down the line for aces with unerring accuracy. AVhen Ferkins lobbed, AVilde buried it. A\ r ilde, too, was putting a lot of work on the "ball, leaking it shoot and keep low on bounding. He many times had Ferkins running the wrong way. MALFROY NOT HIMSELF. In the doubles, Malfroy clearly was not himself. It was very rarely that he cleared the net with his drives or volleys. Had it not been for the hard fighting qualities of Ferkins it would have been no game at all. Under the circumstances, it was a very easy matter for Perry and AVilde to score aces in driving, smashing and volleying. Perry brought off wonderful low skimming drives when he wanted the point and the net play of himself and Wilde was high-class. AA’ith no opposition, it could easily be. Ferkins made many brilliant returns and won numerous points on his merits. AUSTRALIANS AVIN AT HASTINGS. DISPLAY. Per Press Association. HASTINGS, Oct. 30. Patches of tennis of the very highest class were seen in exhibition games played on the Hastings Club’s courts this afternoon, by the two Australian Davis Cup players, A. K. Quist and D. P. Turnbull, and the New Zealanders, D. G. France and N. R. C. AVilson. Results are: Turnbull beat AVilson, 6 —3, 6—3. Quist beat France, 6 —4, 6 —2. Turnbull and Quist beat AVilson and France, 6—-1, 7—5, 3 —6, 7 —5. It was very evident that the Australians were not at any. pains to provide fireworks, and only occasionally did they allow themselves to be extended. They were apparently not in the mood to exert themselves unnecessarily, but nevertheless their display was very much worth seeing. The opposition did not at any time prove strong enough to threaten the Australians with defeat, and the matches resolved themselves into a more or less easy-going display on the part of the Davis Cup players. At odd times France . and AVilson showed touches of brilliance and by sheer skill, dash and tactical cunning, took points.

In the doubles match France did not strike form until the second set, but from then on he showed tennis of high quality, particularly in overhead volleying and killing lobs. AVilson was always useful, especially, at the net, and some of his placements from close up were exceedingly well thought out and executed with a swiftness which made them winners on their merits.