LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23012, 13 April 1938, Page 24

LAWN TENNIS

HOLIDAY, TOURNEYS HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS LEADING PLAYERS ENTERED BY SIDELINE Tennis players will be well catered for at Easter time. For those unable to leave Auckland, there will be the hard-court championships at Windmill Road, while Te ArOha, which will be the chief outside tournament, should draw good entries. The inter-university championships at Stanley Street courts should provide some splendid games. Those matches are always interesting iu view of the possible future champions, and inter-college rivalry is at its keenest where universities are concerned. Entries for the hard-court championships will include A. I). Brown, New Zealand and Auckland champion, and -Misses Pain Cooke, 13. L. Bishop, E. Stewart and V. Brown. Brown will play with Aliss Cooke in the combined event, and with A. Porter in the men's doubles. The present title-holders are: —Men's singles, A. D. Brown; ladies' singles, Miss B. L. Bishop; men's doubles, A. I). Brown and J. T. Mavson; ladies' doubles, Misses M. Hall and E. Stewart; combined doubles, J. Leng and Miss B. L. Bishop. Leading Auckland entrants at Te Aroha include M. T. Wilson, 0. Litherland, P. E. Potter, H. Entwistle, Lusk. and Misses J. Ramsay, M. Hall and Hansen. J. W. Gunn, N. G. Sturt and «J. Mayson are taking a rest from serious tennis and will not be taking part in any tournaments at Easter:

CLUB TITLES KEENLY FOUGHT CONTESTS MISS MACFARLANE'S DEFEAT By defeating Miss Macfarlane in the final of the ladies' singles championship at Remuera, .Miss B. L. Bishop broke her opponent's phenomenal series of victories in this event. Miss Bishop owed her win to her superiority on the forecourt, Miss Maclarlane'.s greater agility and steadiness on the baseline compensating for the younger player's greater pace. The first set went to 3liss Bishop to love. At this stage Miss Macfarlane's game suggested lack of practice, but her fine temperament and courage brought their reward in the second set, which she secured at 7 —5. Miss Bishop, however, met the challenge and won after an exciting and hard-fought third set. M isses Macfarlane and Taylor won the ladies' doubles championship by defeating Misses B. L. and L. Bishop, 6 —4, 6 —3. Misß L. Bishop is not vet quite up to the standard of the other three players in this match, but she is rapidly improving and in another two seasons will hold her own with the best ladies' doubles players in Auckland. I'ountnev and Miss Bishop won the mixed doubles championship when they beat Porter and Miss St. George, 4 —6, 6—4, 7- —5, in a match remarkable for fluctuations of fortune. The new champions started with confidence, running till a lead of 4—l with ease. At this stage, however, Pountney lost touch and missed 11 smashes in succession. Miss Bishop lost touch, and, seizing the opportunity, Porter and Miss St. George won the set and led 4 —l in the second before the positions were reversed. It was then the turn of Porter and Miss St. George to lose five games in succession for the set. They rallied again in the third set to lead 4 —2, only to lose the set and the match, 7—5. In the Eden and Epsom Club's championships, Miss J. Ramsay put up a great fight against Miss Pam Cooke in the first set of the ladies' singles, but was unable to maintain the pace against her younger opponent. Miss Cooke won, B—6.8 —6. 6—2. In the combined doubles final, R. Smith and Miss Pam Cooke beat M. T. Wilson sind Miss E. Stewart, 6 —3. 6—o, without being seriously threatened. M. T. Wilson 5 retained his singles title by defeating Lamoud, 6—2, 6—4, 6—2, in a well-played match, which was much closer than the scores indicate.

CAMPBELL PARK WINNER MISS BISHOP'S SUCCESS In the ladies' singles championship at Campbell Park, Miss B. L. Bishop secured her second club title by defeating Miss E. Stewart, B—(s,8 —(5, 6—3. The finalists in the ladies' doubles are Mrs. Armstrong and Miss M. Hodges and M isses B. and L. Bishop. In the combined event, Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong defeated Sweet and Miss B. L. Bishop. 6—2, 6—2, without being seriously threatened. Armstrong's interceptions at the net were well timed and he got excellent support from Mrs. Armstrong, who showed sound judgment throughout. In the men's singles, T. I'ountney will meet D. Cochrane, and a close contest should result. In the semi-finals, Pountney beat Armstrong, B—6.8 —6. 2—6, 6—o. B—6,8 —6, and Cochrane accounted for G. Martin after a three hours' contest, at 6—o, 6—4, 4 —6, 7 —o. In the men's doubles final, Pountney and Hutchinson defeated Latta and Cochrane, B—6.8 —6. 2 —6. 6—B. 6—o, B—6. The winners' tactics were sounder and whenever possible they made the net their goal. Pountney was the best of the four, and his fine overhead work proved the deciding factor in the concluding stages. Cochrane drove well on the forehand, but his weak serving and failure to get to the net gave the opposition many opportunities of which they were quick to take advantage. Latta served well, while Hutchinson's angled smashes won a number of useful points.