TENNIS IN ENGLAND

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 April 1934, Page 5

TENNIS IN ENGLAND

PEERY DEFEATED BY. HARE WIMBLEDON PROSPECTS ••_' (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) _ , nt _ LONDON,’ 20th' April. A Warwickshire player, C. Hare, defeated F. J. Perry in tlie inter-eounty hard-courts championship at ■Southport the score being 0-3, .3-0, 0-3.- Hare,., who is aged eighteen, lias shown, out- _ standing form in the early tournaments. He was junior champion, An-., 1931, and will train during the' coming ” season with tlie British Davis- ’ players. This was Perry’s first com- - - petitive appearance since his' return';" j from Australia. - .. .- 'S. N. Doust, writing in" the “Daily, ■ Mail,” says that Hare found .Perry far ';; below bis usual form, and .when herealised that Perry lacked his” usualV. control he proceeded to out-general bis , , opponent and defeat him. The match was no symptom of Perry’s real, form..,, Perry lias just returned from a; sea::' voyage, and is .suffering fom slackness.-. ■ Doust, discussing the chances ...of, . Wimbledon, says that-despite-the fact that the champions of, twenty-five

nations will be competing, lid‘dobs not ’ think it unreasonably-, optimistic 'to anticipate that England will win the men’s and women’s championships and' I '' also th-3 Da'yis and Wiglitmah Cups. He adds that Perry ‘has' not 'lost tv five-' set match since last year’s Wimbledon, tournament. • "' LONDON, 20th' ; A,pril. ; At the Southport Ilardcourts Tournament, Lee defeated Hare, 7-5, 11-9.. MELBURY CHAMPIONSHIPS ~ At the Mel bury hardeoui’t-chanipion-ships, iu the semi-finals,, Mrs King defeated Miss- Dorothy Round, 0-2, 0-1, and Miss Seri veil dc'feated-’MissTHeeley (the holder) 0-4, 0-2. n' ’ •' 'LONDON, 22nd fApril. In Ul'e w teliiiis“‘linals at " Melbury, Miki beat Kirby 7-5, 0-3; Mrs King defeated -Miss-Scriven 0-2, 5-7, 7-5. STAGING A COMEBACK ■ . •, TENDON,- 21st April, y -Au st ii : bJr 11 i e", Jpvlor,’s. birders wUI not puiy at Bournemouth 4 .’- Perry will now partiiqi-; Hare.;., « Signqrila d'Alvarez is attempting . to stage a comeback.after a two-years’ ab- ; y. .senee from \Vimbledob owing ’to. illness.-’ ... Sby says-she is now a respectable old lactv of: 28 yearsyiJgd.'Jumy-.find Tt' di-f-, ficult to regain lierd'orm; '- 4 • •

ROME TOURNAMENT!';^; * ~ ROME, Palmieri, ranked third in Italy, defeated Huges 0-2, 0-2, 0-I*. in the final of the Rome tpuriiameiiti b ’«*•. "■ In tlie doubles final ' Hughes’, a fid Z' Monzil beat Metaxal and Kinsnl 6-1,.6-3.