CRAWFORD BEATEN.
BROMWICH’S FINE WIN. SYDNEY, Jan. 28. Australian tennis championships semi-finals resulted: Mens singles.—Bromwich beat Crawford, 6 —l, 7 —9, 6 —4, 8— 6; McGrath beat Hopman, 6—4, 6 —l. 7 —5. In a spectacular match lasting two hours and a-quarter, young Bromwich triumphed over the Davis Cup player, Crawiord, owing to his consistency and better condition. Crawford was extremely tired at the finish. Bromwich displayed a great fighting spirit and hau the crowd on tip-toes. He serves right hand, drives left band, and uses a double-handed grip on the right side. The meeting of the two young players, McGrath and Bromwich, in tlio final on Saturday is awaited with great interest. McGrath found Hopman much below his form of yesterday when be beat Quist. In the women’s doubles semi-finals Misses T. Coyne and N. Wynne beat Misses V. Selwin, and A. Hattersley, 6—3, 4—6, 6—3, and Mrs Hopman and Mrs Westacott beat Misses J. Hartigan and M. Blick, 6 —4, 6 —3. PERRY AGAIN BEATEN. CHARLOTTE (North Carolina), Jan. 28. H. Ellsworth Vines beat F. J. Perry, 3 —6, 6 —l, 6—4, to-day. . The American’s powerful service was tile greatest factor in Perry’s defeat.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 50, 29 January 1937, Page 7
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