Hopman Beats McGrath In Brilliant Tennis
AUSTRALIAN DAVIS CUP TEAM
SAILS TO-DAY
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.
Received Sunday, 9.30 p.m. SYDNEY, March 19. In the autumn tennis championships Hopman defeated tho New South Wales colt, McGrath, in one of the most thrilling matches seen in Victoria, 4—G, 3—6, B—6,8 —6, 6 —2, D—7.
The Australian Davis Gup team sails for Europe to-morrow. Crawford, the captain, is quito optimistic. He declares the prospects were never better for the Australians.
Professionals and the Davis Cup
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION’S
BAN
PARIS, March 17.
The International Tennis Federation ha's banned open tournaments, as recently auctioned by tho American Association. It also decided that requalified professionals would bo ineligible for Davis Cup contests, but eligible for international and other tournaments in 1933, provided that they had already qualified.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7110, 20 March 1933, Page 6
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