Frenchmen Playing Well at Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6650, 2 July 1928, Page 7

Frenchmen Playing Well at Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

PATTERSON BEATEN BY BRUGNON Britisli Official Wireless. RUGBY, June 2D. The Wimbledon lawn tennis chan, pioaships, which began on Monday and will continue through next week, arproving as. popular as over, and ther-; i* little doubt that last year’s attend dace record of 200.000 for the whole meeting will be escei dcd. There . were 12,000 on the ground today on hotii before play began. <?i.\c weather lms> : cnylbxd -go- e 1 progress t«: be made in all c« ents. , In the men’s singles, of eight ofh cially.*'seeded” players, two have now boon defeated—P. T. Hunter (ÜB.Aw and G. L.- Patterson (Australia). This'King of Spain attended the meeting to-dajf ,and saw Senorita tie Alvarez (Spain) beat Miss Evelyn Oollyef. THE LATEST RESULTS. ' Received Sunday 5.5 p.m. LONDON, June 30. .The tennis championships were continued at Wimbledon yesterday and today, with the following results:—■ v ’ , ' : MEN’S' SINGLES. Fourth Round.. , . Jacques Brugnon , (Prance) beat G. L: Patterson' (Australia), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, U-2. Henri Cochet (Prance) beat J. Boyd (Canada), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.), beat Pierre Landry (Prance), 6-4, 2-6 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 Jean' Eorotra (Prance) beat J Crawford (Australia), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-0, 6-3. , ; ■v- , I C. Boussus -(Prance), beat E. P. Moon (Australia), .6-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

Bene Lacoste (Prance), beat H. W. Austin (England), C-4, 6-.4, 6-8,. 1-6, 6-2. Baron do Morpurgo (Italy), beat Buzelet. (France),, 6-4', 6-2, 6-2. LADIES’ SINGLES. Third Bound. r Miss Bickerton (Australia) beat Miss E. F. Rose (England) 6-3, 6-1. Senorita E. de Alvarez (Spain) beat Miss E. Collyer (England), 6-4, 6-4. Fourth Bound. - Miss D. ArJmrst (Australia) beat Mrs Hoylock (England), 6-4, 8-10, 6-0. Miss Helen Wills (U.S.A.) beat Miss E. H. Harvey (England), 6-2, 6-3 Miss E. Eyan (U.S.A.) beat Miss K. ’Boyd (Australia), 6-0, 6-2 Senorita E. de Alvarez (Spain) beat Miss Bickerton (Australia)' 9-7, 6-4. Fifth Bound. Miss Helen Wills (U.S.A.) beat Mrs Watson (England), 2 3. 6-0. . ; MEN'S DOUBLES. , Second Round. ■ . Jean Borotra and Eene Lacostc (France) beat C. Boussus and H. Lan-dry-(France), 7-5, 4-6,, 6-4, 6-4. E. O. Cummings and E. F. Moon (Australia) beat L. A. Godfre'e and D. M. Greig. (England), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 8-6. N. Brookes (England) and Wilbur Coen (U.S.A.) beat Hplthouse and Walcott (EnEgland), 6-3, 6-3, 7-5. C. H. Kingsley add Gregory (England) beat B. Lycett (England) and P. D. B. Spence (South Africa), 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. G. Patterson and J; B. Hawkes (Australia) beat E. Higgs and J. R. D. Wheatley (England), 7-5, 9-7, 6-3. , , W. T. Tilden and F. T. Hunter (ÜB.A.) beat Edouard Borotra and Buzelet (France), 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 6-2. Third Round. E. O. Cummings and E. F. Moon (Australia) beat Eaho and Kleinschroth (Germany), 6-i, 6-4, 13-11, , G. M. Lott and J. F. Hennessey (U.S.A.) beat Gregory and C. H. Kingsley (Britain), 6-3. 4-6, 6-0, 6-7 LADIES' DOUBLES. ■ i First Round. Misses K. Boyd and D. Akhurst (Australia) beat Misses Davis and Gordon (England), 6-3, 6-8, 6-3. Second Round. Mrs. O’Hara Wood and Miss Bicker-, ton (Australia) beat Misses Huddle stone and Thomas (England), 6-3, 4-6 G-4. Miss E. Eyan (U.S.A.) and Mrs. R Lycett' (England) beat Misses G. R Sterry and Joan Fry (England), 6-4, 3-6 6-2.