TENNIS AT MELBOURNE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21982, 13 December 1934, Page 13

TENNIS AT MELBOURNE

VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS PERRY DEFEATS TURNBULL (Received December 12, 10.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 12 The Victorian lawn tennis championships were continued to-day. The results included: — Men's Singles—Quarter-finals: Quist defeated Hopman, 6—3, 6—o, 6—2; Perry (Britain) defeated Turnbull, 6 —2, 6 —3, 6—3. Women's Singles. Miss Round (Britain) defeated Miss Chitty, 6 —l, 6—l; Mrs. Hopman defeated Miss Lyle (Britain), 7 —5, I—6, 6 —4. Combined Doubles.—Lovett and Miss Wynne defeated Ewin and Miss Macfarlane (New Zealand)-; 6 —4, 7 —5; Hughes and Miss Dearman (Britain) defeated Schwartz and Miss Griffiths, 4 —6, 6 —l, 7—5; Perry and Miss Round (Britain) defeated Huxley and Mrs. Whittaker, 6 —2, 7 —5.

Men's Doubles. —Sproule and Thompson defeated Stefani (Italy) and Malcolm, 6 —l, 9 —7, 6 —3; Crawford and Hopman defeated Purcell and Tonkin, 6—3, B—6,8 —6, 5 —7, 6 —3; Quist and Turnbull defeated Clemenger and Kay, 6—4, B—lo, 6—4, 7—5. Although Hopman won the first two games against Quist, he weakened against Quist's overwhelming attack and fell into many errors and was never again a likely winner. Two thousand spectators witnessed Perry defeat Turnbull. The pace was on from the start. Perry was unperturbed by Turnbull's fine passing shots, and Turnbull at no stage seemed likely to trouble Perry.

DAVIS CUP MATCHES CANADIAN POSITION POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL (Received December 12, 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 11 Unless the United States agrees to play a tie in the North American zone of Davis Cup matches later in the year than hitherto, Canada will not enter the competition in 1935. The Council of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association announced to-night that it would like matches in the middle of June instead of early in May on account of Canadian players, who have no winter play, not being ready so early, and for financial reasons. If Canada does not enter for the Davis Cup, Canadian players may be sent abroad to Wimbledon and European tournaments.