INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 3

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.

F. M. B. FISHER COMPETES,

LONDON, April 12. In the Queen’s Covered Court championships the open singles third round, Gerald Patterson (Victoria) beat Mr F. M. B. Fisher (New Zealand), 7—6, b—j, 6—3. The winner gave a brilliant, hardhitting exhibition. „ .• ■ A titanic struggle, the result causing the greatest surprise, was the' victory oi F. M. B. Fisher and Major Arthur Lowe over S. Patterson and R. V. Thomas. .. The latter had won two sets to nil, and despite that they held the commanding position, their opponents managed to make the score two sets all. 1 A terrific fight ensued when the victors led 5—2 in the fifth set, which subsequently was finished at 10—8. A section of the press hails Patterson (formerly of Victoria) as the new lawn tennis star. The Daily Express compares him with Brookes, and the Sketch says he is possibly a coming world’s champion. Patterson has replied accepting Norman Brookes’s invitation to play together for the championship at the Queen’s Cup meeting at Wimbledon in June, Patterson is a son of Mr T. Patterson, a well-known auctioneer of Kew, Melbourne, and a nephew of Madame Melba.