AUSTRALIANS WIN DOUBLES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11306, 4 September 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIANS WIN DOUBLES

MAGNIFICENT TEAM WORK. WOOD DEADLY ACCURATE. Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received September 3, 5.5 p.m,) NEW YORK, September 2. In the Davis Cup doubles Patterson and Wood defeated tilden and Richardp, ft—4, 6 —o, 6—3. There were ten thousand! people in the stands at Forest Hills when the players took tbeir places on the courts, young Richards receiving an ovation. Patterson won the tose, and the Australians won the first game, 4s —l, on RichardsV net error. Tilden'e service won the second game, 4—1.• The Americans broke through Wood's service and won the third game, 4—l, on Patterson's net errors. Richards won from his service in the fourth game, 7—6. Patterson's service and opponents' out errors gave the Australians the .fifth game, 6—l. Tilden lost his own service in. outs and nete, 5—7, and the sixth game, thus making the score three al). Wood's service won the seventh game, 5—3, and the Americans took the eighth, 4 —o, on Patterson's 1 net ' errors. Wood waa playing spectacularly , and Patterson more steadily, the* -latter winning the ninth game on his own eervA&v 4—2. The

Australians also took the tenth game, 6 —4, and 1 set, 6 —4. ANALYSIS OF FIRST SET. Americans—9 nets,, IS outs, 6 placements, X service ace, 2 double faults. Australians—l 7 nets, 11 outs, 9 place* ments, 0 service aces, 2 double faults. WOODS PLACES BRILLIANTLY. Magnificent team work on the part of the Australians won them the second set, 6—o, The Australians won the first game, 4—l, and tho Americans’ net errors loot Richards his service in the second game, 5—3. Wood’s brilliant placements won the third same for the Australians, 4—l, while Richards’s out errors lost the fourth for the Americans, 4 Brilliant placements by Patterson and Wood captured the fifth, 4 —l, and sixth, 4—2. SECOND SET. Americans —11 nets, 3 outs, 0 placements, 0 service aces, 0 double faults. Australians—4 nets, 4 outs, 11 placements, 0 services aces, 0 double faults. PLAYING LIKE STRANGERS, In the third 6et, Wood’s placements won tho first game on Patterson's service, 4—2. After dropping nine straight games, Tilden won the second game, 5 on hie service. The Australians came back, winning the third, 4r—o, on Wood’s smashing service. Tilden and RiohlJrds were playing like strangers, whereas the Australians were working like elockword, Woods 'being especially marvellously steady and deadly accurate. Richards steadied and evened up the score by taking the fourth game, 5—3. Richards’s net errors gave, the Australians the fifth game, s—B. Tilden opened the next with a terrific service, scored two aces, and won the game, 4—l. Richards again failed through net errors, time giving the Australians tho seventh, 4—2. The Australians Were now playing unbeatable tennis, and won the eighth game, 5 —3, and ninth, 4—l, thus sealing the match. FINAL SET. Americans—l2 nets, 6 onts, 5 placements, 2 service aces, 0 double faults. Australians—lo nets, 4 outs, 3 placements, 14 service acee, 0 double faults. I