LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20623, 23 July 1930, Page 20

LAWN TENNIS.

OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS. Much history has already been written o:i the bi lC lawn tennis tournament season I overseas, bearing on the matter of supreme j honours in 1930 France secured her own tj<!i. but 'lie I'ni'e,! S'f• •e~ nlayers com--1,1 ete I v dominated Wimbledon, where i'lench ascendancy was broken for the firM time in six years The results at Auteuil and at Wimble(|i n, so lai as the men's events are con ceined, leave tlie Davis Cup challenge round very ripen, but. Tilden's definite refusal to* plav in (he Cnited States team inn t considpr.al ly improve the chances of the defenders. The French [ players v.ill be defending the title on their own coin Is, .in advantage that should not lie underestimated, and will have two tried and experienced players in Corbet and Borotra to oppose the much younger Americans. Borotra is playing wonderful tennis, as bis great, fight against Tilden in the semifinal at Wimbledon and his easy defeat of Lott show Cochet's defeat by Allison was almost (oo decisive to be taken as a correct indication of the strength of these two players. At least, it requires further support (o bear it out The Frenchman may on that occasion have been lulled into a sense of false security by his almost unbroken run of successes. Even allowing the challengers the doubles it would seem that Borotra ami C'ochet. should win three out of (he four singles ties.

The United States team was fully extended by the Italians, in fact. Allison, the conqueror of Cochet. at Wimbledon, was perilously close to defeat, at the hands of Gasilini and even the doubles were only won by Allison and van iiyn after a close five-set match with dc Morpurgo and Gasilini.