LAWN TENNIS

Northern Advocate, 8 July 1925, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS

THE DAVIS CTJP. SPAIN—CUBA GAMES COMPLETED (Received 10.50 a.m.) HAVANA, July; 7. In the Spain-Cuba Davis Cup match Flaquer (Spain) beat Banet (Ctiba), 6—l, 6—o, s—o, and Alonzo (Spain) defeated Paris (Cuba), 6—l, 6—o, 6—2.—A. and N.Z. FRENCH TRIUMPH. WIMBLEDON TOURNEY ENDS. (Received 10.50 a.m.) ! LONDON, July 6. f Wimbledon tournament concluded in fine weather. Borotra and Mdllft Lenglen won the two opening, games . easily, mainly through the former's accurate Overhead smashing, but lost the next tjliree. The' isixth'went to ' the French pair, Mdlle Lenglen playing magnificently. Then the French struckirresistible form and secured the set., 1 In the second set the French, team work was superb. After each side had •won a game the French went to 4 —l. Morpurgo and Miss Ryan could not cope with the splendid variety of shots. The final of the men's doubles was a magnificent match. Borotra and La Coste were in the aspendant at the start, but the Americans, Hennessey and Casey, fought splendidly. The latter's service was a feature. He aliso showed surprising strength overhead. The Frenchmen covered the court better than the Americans, who however won two sets by sheer hard hitting. Borotra was superb. No ball was too far for him to get at. His anticipations were uncannily accurate and his hills untakeable. Hennessey played well, but appeared to tire towards the close. —Keuter. EVERYTHING WELL. NOTHING SUPERLATIVE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 7. La Coste in an article in the "Evening ( News" says: "England lost her tennis supremacy because the young Englishman, while probably the best all-round athlete in the world, does not excel in any single sport, owing to his liking to play everything. English sportsmen do all things well, if nothing supremely well. It is a postwar mood."—Sun. I