LAWN TENNIS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 8 January 1935, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS

PERRY STRIKES FORM IN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HUGHES ELIMINATED (United Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright) MELBOURNE, ,7th January. In the Australian tennis championships Perry returned to form to-day, playing with great pace and accuracy, and sweeping Malcolm out of the singles in a devastating attack, He dropped only five games in three sets. Perry’s policy kept Malcolm out of position, leaving wide openings for liis winners. Whatever was Perry’s state of mind recently when lie said lie was in the doldrums. lie certainly had his mind on nothing but tennis to-day. As a contract Crawford fought every moment to beat Tonkin, the Victorian. Crawford made many errors with the easiest strokes, and had Tonkin been a little more accurate in some critical rallies he might easily have won the first two sets. Surprisingly poor tennis also marked the play of Dorothy Round, whose partner, Miss Coyne, did all the work in the first set. Bromwich, Sydney’s sixteen-year-old player, put up a brilliant fight against Moon, the 1930 singles champion. Bromwich, playing with rare courage, dashed Moon’s hopes of a straight sets win. The results included : Singles’ Crawford beat Tonkin 7-5, 7-5, 7-5. Perry (Britain) beat Malcolm (South Africa) 6-2, 6-3, 6-0. Moon beat Bromwich 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Menzel (Czechoslovakia) beat Hughes 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. McGrath beat Maier (Spain) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Women’s Singles Miss Lyle (Britain) beat Miss Whittaker 6-0, 6-2. Miss Westacott beat Miss Dearman (Britain) 9-7, 7-5. Women’s Doubles Misses Round and Coyne beat Mrs Carnie and Miss Cox 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. PERRY PARTICIPATING IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES MELBOURNE, 7th January. _ Hughes, captain of the British tennis team, announced to-day that Perry would play for Britain in the Davis Cup matches. /He said the recent rumours that Perry was turning professional were unfounded. HIGH STANDARD IN AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITr~j>LAYERS IMPRESSED (By Telegraph—-Press Association) WELLINGTON. This Day. Impressed by the standard of University tennis in Australia, particularly at Sydney, and by the numbers of promising young players in the Commonwealth, the members of the New Zealand University lawn tennis team returned yesterday by the Monowai after their Australian tour. The team is J. J. McCarthy, M. A. Barnett, B. A. Barrel-,-and R. A. Young. McCarthy said that ’varsity tennis in Sydney was undoubtedly of a higher standard than in New Zealand, but with a little more luck the team would have won in Melbourne. There was a tremendous number of good juniors in Australia, and tile outstanding feature of their game was their net play. Bromwich, a youth of 15, was a peculiar player who served with his right hand, used a two hand forehand, an ordinary back hand and smashed and volleyed with both hands.