TENNIS TOURNEY

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 176, 25 June 1938, Page 11

TENNIS TOURNEY

PLAY AT WIMBLEDON. MISS COYNE ELIMINATED. ' AUSTIN’S EASY VICTORY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received June 25, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, June 24. Both singles and doubles matches were continued at the Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament to-day. In tlie women’s singles, Miss Coyne (Australia) worried Fru Sperling (Denmark) with good placements, but was eventually worn down by her opponent’s super steadiness. Miss Wynne (Australia) was very* erratic against her German opponent, Fraulein Kraus, and only won after a struggle. ' MEN’S SINGLES. (Holder, J. D. Budge, United States.) Third Round. Austin (Britain) beat Comery, 6—l, 6—l, 6—3. Menzel (Czechoslovakia) beat C. M* Jones (Britain), 6 —3, 6—2, 4—o, B—lo, 7—5. Fourth Round. ElLmer beat Mitic (Yugoslavia), 3 —6, 6—2, 7—5, I—6, 6—2. Puncec (Yugoslavia) beat Olliff (Britain), G—3, 6—3, 6—o. MEN’S DOUBLES. (Holders, Budge and Mako, United States.) Second Round. Budge and Mako (United States) beat Csikos - and Kleinschroth, 6—o, G—l, 6—o. Borotra and Brugnon (France) beatKho Sin Kie (China) and LytteltonRogers (Ireland), 6—2, 16—14, 2 —o, 3—6, 6—2. , WOMEN’S SINGLES. (Holder, Mrs Little, formerly Miss D. E. Round, Britain.) Third Round. Mdlle Jedrzejowska (Poland) beat Miss Durlac, 6 —l, 6 —-3, Mrs Wills-Moody (U.S.) beat Mrs Glover, 6 —4, 7—5. Mrs Fabyan (United States) beat Miss Southwell, 6- —1, 6 —o. Fru Sperling (Denmark) beat Miss Thelma Coyne (Australia), 6 —4, 6—2. Miss Wynne (Australia) beat Fraulein Kraus (Germany), 6 —3, 7—5. Miss Bundy (United • States) beat Miss Saunders, 6 —4, 6 —2. ' MIXED DOUBLES. (Holders, J. D. Budge and Miss A. Marble, United States.) Second Round. Malfroy (New Zealand) and Miss Betty Nuthall (Britain) beat Braithwaite and Miss Davison (Britain), 6—3, 6—3. . % Tinkler and Miss Lumb (Britain) beat Procopio and Senorita Lizana (Chile), 6—l, 6—l. Anderson and Miss Jarvis (Britain) beat Kho Sin Kie (China) and Miss Stammers (Britain), 6—2, 5 —7, 9—7. Boussus (France) and Miss Wynne (Australia) beat Press and Miss Dearman (Britain), 6 —l, 6—2. Third Round. Budge and Miss Marble (United States; beat Puncec (Yugoslavia) and Mrs Hopman (Australia), 7 —5, 6 —l. WOMEN’S DOUBLES. (Holders, Madame Matbieu, Franc*, and Miss A. M. Yorke, Britain.) Second Round. Mrs Hopman and Miss Stevenson. (Australia) beat Miss and Miss Turner (Britain), B—6,8 —6, 7 —6.