TENNIS TOURNEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22005, 11 January 1935, Page 9

TENNIS TOURNEY

AUSTRALIAN TITLES ? CRAWFORD REACHES FINAL MENZEL SUFFERS DEFEAT RESULTS OF OTHER MATCHES By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 10, 10.35 p.m.) MELBOURNE. Jan. 10 The Australian lawn tennis championships were continued at Kooyong to-day. There were 4500 spectators. Results were: — Men's Singles.—Semi-final: Crawford defeated Quist, 6—l, I—6, 6—2, 3 —6, 6 —3. Men's Doubles. Quarter-finals : Hopman and Maier defeated Menzel and Moon, 6 —4, 6 —l, 4 —B, 6—B, 7—5; Perry and Hughes defeated Hopman and Maier, 6 —3, 7—5, 6 —3. Women's Singles.—Mrs. Hopman defeated Miss Walters, 4—6, 6—l, 6 Miss Lyle defeated Miss Bickerton,; iG —2, B—6.8 —6. Women's Doubles. —Mesdames Molesworth and Westacott defeated Misses G. and D. Stevenson, 6—3. 6 —3. Quarter-final: Misses Round and Coyne defeated Mrs. Malcolm and Miss Chitty, 6—2, 6 —o. Semi-final: Misses Lyle and Dearman defeated Mesdames Molesworth and Westacott, 6—4, 6—4. Suffering from the weakness of his first service Crawford was taken ( to five sets in the first semi-final. Although Quist was defeated he enhanced his reputation. He drove splendidly and showed ability to take the offensive. Crawford won through pressure in the final stages. - The success of Hopman and Maier was due largely to their adoption of the American service formation, cutting off Menzel's cross-court service returns, Maier standing on the same side as the server. Moon was an inadequate partner for Menzel.

Perry and Hughes met the . winners of this match and achieved an easy victory. , By defeating Miss Bickerton Miss Lyle qualified to meet Mrs. Hopman dn the semi-final to-morrow. Strong driving was the feature of Miss Lyle'* play- • v _j; PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS , NEW YORK MATCHES TILDEN PLAYING WELL, (Received January 10.. 7.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. • In a professional tennis tournament Tilden and Vines defeated Lott and Stoefen, 3 —6, 14 —10, 13—11, B—6.8 —6. 6—4. In the singles Tilden defeated Lott, 6—4, 7 —5. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP U V •- v ' -V a* v *V .*• ■ " - - \ TURNBULL'S SACRIFICE ALLOWS McGRATH A REST MELBOURNE, Jan. 10 An example of excellent sportsman- > ship in the singles yesterday has been revealed. It was in the Turnbull-Mc-Grath match. When the game was" two sets all McGrath, who was not in ? form, intended to forfeit, but was persuaded by Turnbull to have a rest, an offer which was accepted unwillingly, j When the match was resumed Mo- ; Grath clinched the game. Had TurnI bull accepted McGrath's forfeit he would have met Perry in the semifinal. Turribull's sportsmanship was I one of the happiest features of the championships.