LAWN TENNIS AT HOME

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6735, 11 October 1928, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS AT HOME

SUCCESS OP E. D. ANDREWS. WINS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, LONDON, Sept. 7. E. D. Andrews, the New Zealand tennis champion, finished the North of England championships at Scarborough as winner, with C. H. Kingsley, of tho men’s doubles. J. S. Ollilf and Andrews reached tho

final stage in the men’s singles. Ollilf triumphed over H. K. Lester by 7—5, G —3, but it was not the brilliant, hardhitting match that was expected. Ollilf came out of what is tq him a foreign game with great credit. It proved that he is versatile and, being only 19, he is easily Britain’s most promising player, writes "New Zealand’s Herald’s” correspondent. Andrew’s match with C. H. Kingsley provided a magnificent struggle, jn which fortune fluctuated from one to the other. Andrews won, 2—6, 7 —5. o—4. Kingsley knows tho art of dealing with Andrews’ service. He stood well inside the court and hit the ball before tho spin had time to work. Andrews soon found out that it was useless to advance to the net on his service, as he usually docs, because Kingsley passed him very easily down the line or cross-courted him. Andrews’ length was tho better and his strokes had more power. On the Saturday, after a comparatively fine morning, a heavy storm prevented the finals of the level singles going into court at the scheduled time, and when at last they did start more' 1 rain fell and caused a cessation of play early in the first sets of both the men’s and tho ladies’ singles. Fortunately when play could be resumed the singles were continued without further interruption. Andrews scored a good win, improving as the match went on. He had , quite a close call after establishing ja 5—3 lead in the first set, for Ollilf, [ playing a plucky game, pulled up to five all. This moral advantage, however, he threw away by losing his service game to love, and he only got one point in the next, Andrews thus securing the first set at 7—5. In the second set the leader got well away, but Olhff led 4—3. Then Andrews really got going, and continuing a fine I attacking game, notable for some exceptionally good volleying and smashing, only allowed Ollilf one more game in the match, taking nine out of the next 10 games—a remarkable sequence considering how level the play had been up that point. The scores were: Andrews beat Ollilf, 7—5, 6—4, ~6 —1. Andrews and C. H. Kingsley won a scintillating match in the finals of the men’s doubles, beating E. Lycett and Ollilf by 6—l, 6—4. There were many volleying rallies that equalled anything ever witnessed at Wimbledon.