LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19240, 2 August 1924, Page 11

LAWN TENNIS

AUSTRALIA r. CHINA. THE CELESTIALS OUTCLASSED. Fna Association —By Telegrnph—Copyright. NEW YORK, July 31. In the Davis Cup preliminary tie between Australia and China G. L. Patterson defeated W. Loch Wei 6—l, 6—2, 6—2. O'Hara Wood defeated P. Kwong 6—o, 6 — l, 6 — 2. There was only a handful of spectators. Loch 1 Wei was totally unable to handle Patterson’s service. At first ho ran up courageously but ineffectively to the net. Then he took to the baseline without success. Wei's small stature was a handicap against the Australian’s great reach and command of the court. Patterson became temporarily erratic and inaccurate in the second set, but it made little difference. In the third set Wei tned to change his pace, and' made intermittent crosscourt shots, which caused his opponent to race about a little, but did not occasion him serious discomfort. —A. and -N.Z. Cable. , v The match between Wood and Kwong amidst lowering clouds, and ram seemed a matter of moments. Kwong was larger than his team mate. He also played more vigorously, but he was fearfully nervous and erratic and wholly unable to touch Wood’s service without dnvmfn the second set he sometimes scored surprisingly by breaking through his opponent’s service with fine back-nand strokes and cross-court drives, but he made many double-faults. Both men played the back-of-the-court game, m which the Australian was superior. In the third set Wood frequently passed Kwong, who, like Wei, attempted sporadically to play up at the net. —A. and N.Z. Cable.