WOMEN’S SINGLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 182, 3 July 1936, Page 9

WOMEN’S SINGLES

SEMI-FINAL WINNERS. MRS SPERLING AND MISS JACOBS. AUSTRALIANS LOSE IN DOUBLES

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received July 3, 10.5 a.m. LONDON, July 2.

The semi-finals of the women’s singles were played at Wimbledon today, when Mrs Sperling (Denmark) and Miss Helen Jacobs (United States) emerged to contest the final. Mrs Sperling entered the final after a soporific match of long baseline rallies. Mine Mathieu was exhausted in the second set by her opponent’s inartistic but safe and tireless game. There was more vitality about the other semi-final. Miss Jacobs breaking up Miss Jedrezejowska’s harddriving game by chops which the Pole repeatedly over-hit. Australia’s last hope in the men’s doubles rested in the hands of McGrath and Sproulc. The small centre court crowd found nothing to enthuse over. The Americans, Allison and Van Ryn, without effort won in straight sets. Sproule’s overhead work was very weak. Borotra and Brugnon comfortably beat the American. Cunningham, and the Japanese, Itoh, but during the match Borotra ran into the stop netting and injured a leg. He continued in pain, not awaiting medical advice as to whether he should withdraw. Details are as follow: YVOMEN’S SINGLES. Semi-finals. Airs Sperling (Denmark) beat Mine Mathieu (France), 6—3, 6—2. Miss Helen Jacobs (United States) beat Miss Jedrezejowska (Poland), 6—4, 6—2. MEN’S DOUBLES. Quarter-finals. Allison and Van Ryn (United States) beat McGrath and Sproule (Australia), 6—4, 6—3, 6—4. Borotra and Brugnon (France) beat Itoh (Japan) and Cunningham (United States), 6—2, 7—5. 5 —7, 6 —2. MIXED DOUBLES. Fourth Round. Legeay and Mile. Henrotin (France) beat Van Ryn and Airs Van Ryn (U.S.; 6—l, 7—5. Quarter-final. Budge and Mrs Fabyan (U.S.) beat Kukuljevic (Yugoslavia,) and Countess Valciene (Spain), 6 —o, 6—2. TRIBUTE TO CRAAIAI. DISCIPLINE AND ARDOUR. LONDON, July 1. Mr. Wallis Myers, in the Daily Telegraph paying tribute to Cramm’s disciplined training, philosophic temperament, and unspoilt ardour, in which he resembles Anthony Wilding, says he lias participated in six weeks ot intensive match play without complaining that he is tired or blase. Within two months lie has played in four Davis Cup matches, won the French title, and reached the Wimbledon final. Even TLdeji, in his palmiest days, did not answer the call of the courts so zealously.