Budge Overwhelms Perry In First Professional Match

Northern Advocate, 13 March 1939, Page 10

Budge Overwhelms Perry In First Professional Match

Tennis

NEW YORK, March 11

In their first professional meeting, Donald Budge, the American tennis star, overwhelmed Fred Perry, of England, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. , Although Perry was below form, hfs defeat in 49 minutes was so complete that it seems certain Budge will prove his superior in the series of matches. Budge played superlative tennis, and ran Perry, who beat him on four of the six occasions which they met as amateurs, mercilessly from corner to corner. His ground strokes were superior, and he volleyed and smashed with ruthlessly finality. Those who expected Perry’s steadiness and guile to puzzle Budge were disappointed. It was Budge’s steadinesss and craft which told. Perry never broke through the champion’s service. On the other hand, Budge broke through the Englishman’s service seven times.

Perry played brilliantly in spasms, but it was defensive tennis. Budge’s win was so convincing that his claim to world supremacy seemed completely established. The gate at Madison Square was only 18,000 dollars, compared with 47,000 dollars for the opening of the Budge-Vines tour on January 3.

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