AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18180, 28 August 1922, Page 8

AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS

♦» ' — ! NATIONAL DOUBLES CONTEST. AtJSTKALIANS ENTEB FINAL. A. and N.Z- NEW YOBS. Aug. 25. The semi-final matches of the national lawn tennis doublee championship were played at Boston to-day. While W. T. Tilden and Vincent Richards -were opposing W. M. Johnston and W. P. Johnson, in the next court G. h. Patterson and P. O'Hara Wood were placing Niles (United J States) and Borotra (France). The A.us-1 % traliana won their match, 6—l, ?—-5> 6—o. J ..In the first sat the Australians won the first game to 30, the second to 30, and the] third" to 15. The American-French pair] i won the fourth to 15, the Australians the fifth to 30, and "the sixth after deuoe. The Australians played finishid tennis, taking game after game with ease. They won the seventh to 30, and with it the set. In the second set tlie American-French combination won the first game after deuce and the Australians won the second to 15 and the third to love. Kiles and Jorotra were very unsteady and Patterson's speed was terrific The American-French pair won the fourth and fifth games to 15, and the Australians the sixth to 15. Niles *nd Borotra won the seventh game after deuce three" times, and the Australians won *fte eighth to 15. Niles and Borotra steadied consid<!rably, ivnd played better tenus. Rain interrupted the ninth game, but it . soon stopped, and the Australians won the game to love. Taking the game & 15, the eleventh to 30, and the twelfth to y love, they ran to yet at 7—5. I In the third Bet the Australians won the first game after douce twice and the second in the same way. They won the third jv to love, the fourth to 15, the fifth after dejaoe. Nilas and Borotra, who yesterday defeated- Williams and Washburn, last year's Davis Cap doubles team,' in a sensational match, appeared very weak toI day, and, wars nonplussed by Patterson's upeed. The Australians won the sixth ■ game after deuce, and with it the set and the match. 6—l, 7—5, 6—o. W. T. Tilden and Vincent Richards defeated W. F. Johnson and W. M. Johnston, B—6, 10—8, 7~n5. _The final match between Tilden end Richards and Patterson and Wood will be played, on Monday. ;■■"•„_.■