CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18072, 22 April 1922, Page 9

CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS.

DOMINION LADIES' TEAM.! TWO GAMES WON AT SYDNEY.j | MISS CURTIS' FINE PLAY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ißeceived 10.35 p.m.) 'a. and N.Z. SYDNEY, April 21.1 The first lounds of the annual New! ' South Wales tennis ch'ampionship lourna- j ' ment opened t.t Double Bay in fine j : weather. There was a small attendance, j '. The New Zealand ladies were pitted | against the New South Wales ladies in singles and doubles. The courts were- in cood condition. The New Zealanc'ers were victorious in one single and one double. I In the sincles Miss X. Curtis ('New Zea- | land) beat .Miss Ft. George, 6—2, 6—3, displaying fine fori hand driving, and also I volleying well. Mrs. Lascelles beat Miss j Marjorie Macfarlane (New Zealand), 6—o, j 6—2, Miss Macfarlane excelling in backI line play. Miss Cray beat Miss M. Pay- I ; ton (New Zealand), 6—2, 6—o. Miss Pay. j ton was not equal to inter-State standard, | I Miss Lloyd beat Miss Z. Wellwood (New , j Zealand), 6-4, 6—2. Miss Wellwood was weak in her returns. I In the doubles Miss St. George and I Mrs. Lascelles beat Misses Curtis and Wellwood. 6-1, 6-2. The New South Wales combination was too strong, though Miss Curtis was displaying form of a hiu'h standard. Misses Macfarlane and Payton beat Misses Lloyd and Gray, 6—7, 6—3, 6—l, after a keen contest, Miss j Macfarlane played an outstanding game, | but Miss Payton was somewhat feeble. On the day's play Miss Curtis stood out from her colleagues and opponents, and greatly impressed the critics. The quartette will be engaged against New South Wales again on Saturday in four singles and two doubles. The series will be continued on Tuesday and Wednesday. __^_______