T ENNIS Cope And Coombe Are Eliminated
The New Zealanders J. M. Cope and D. E. Coombe were eliminated in the first round of the men's singles at Wimbledon.
These matches were postponed from yesterday because of failing light. Results:
Men's singles, first round: M. E. Lucking (Britain) beat Coombe 6—B, 6—4, 3—6, 6—2, B—6; Chebetts (Britain) beat Cope 6 —3, 6—l. 6—2. Men’s doubles, first round: Pails and Brown (Australia) beat Beeman and Drobac (United States) 6—2, 6 —4. 6—l; Kramer and Brown beat R. Baker (Australia) and T. Miles (Britain) 6 —o, 6—l, 6 —2; Destremau and Petra (France) beat J. Hunt and C. Ritchie (Britain) 6—l. 6 —2, 6 —4; Geelhand and Washer (Belgium) beat M. Deloford and C. Jones (Britain), 6—3. 2—6, 6 —2, 6—l; Gremilet and Pellizza (France.) beat H. Cooper and Tinkler (Britain) 64, 6—3, 6—3; Mitic and Pallada (Yugoslavia) beat B. Burnett and P. Young (Britain) 6 —2. 6 —2, B—6;8 —6; Patty (United States) and Segura (Ecuador) beat David and Wittmann (Britain) 75, 6—l, B—6; Rinkel and van Swol (Holland) beat Buser and Huonder (Switzerland) 9 —7, 6—3, 6—4.
Women's singles, first round: Mrs Menzies (Britain) beat Miss P. O'Connell (Britain) 6—l, 6—l; Miss Betty Nuthall (Britain) beat Madame Mathieu (France) 7 —5, 3 —6. B—6; Miss Bundy (America) beat Mrs E. Murdoch (Britain) 6 —o, 6—l: Mrs S. Laffargue (France) beat Miss J. Jedrezojowska (Poland) 6—4, 6—4; Mrs P. Todd (America) beat Miss V. Dace (Britain) 6—l, 4 —6. 6—4. Second round: Miss Betz (America) beat Mrs de Meuejmeester (Belgium) 6—3. 6—l: Miss ; Osborne (America) beat Miss J. Stork j (Eritain) 6—2, 6 —o.
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Northern Advocate, 26 June 1946, Page 5
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