LAWN TENNIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS

SOUTH ISLAND TITLES PLAY WELL ADVANCED BOLD AND ROBSON REACH FINALS With the completion of play on Saturday, the second day of the South Island and Otago lawn tennis championship fourday tournament at Logan Park, the contestants in the major events had reached the final .stages. The weather was again perfect, and the events were completed to time, with play in the handicap sections well advanced. Otago men were well to the fore in the later stages of the Men’s Singles Championship. J. E. Robson (Otago) and O. Bold (Wellington) both won through to the finals. There was one surprise in the quarter-finals when the seeded Dunedin player, D. Radford, was beaten 6—l, B—6 by the Maniototo Sub-association entrant, S. Leask. The latter was, however, beaten by Robson G— o, 6 —l in the semifinals. In the other semi-final, J. W. Paterson (St. Clair) went down to Bold after holding his own in the first set. Patchy play by both men was possibly due to tiredness, but the Hutt Valley man played a tougher game to take the next two sets.

The withdrawal of the Otago champion, Miss Mavis Kerr, upset speculation in the Women’s Singles. Miss Kerr broke a finger while playing against the Australians in the north, and by the time the quarter-finals had been reached on Saturday the injury was becoming painful. Miss Kerr is, however, continuing in the Doubles with Mrs J. Adams. Two Southland players, Miss L. Barrett and Mrs J. Adams, were fairly well matched In the semi-finals. Miss Barrett had the worst of the first set, but overwhelmed her opponent in the next two sets, which she won 6—l, 6 —o. A tiring marathon between Mrs Ross (Palmerston) and Miss M. Robertson (St. Clair) was not completed, both players haying a set in. The Mixed Doubles were completed to the second round. The handicap events were particularly interesting for the excellent displays by the youngest entrants, two particularly promising youngsters being Sonia Cox, aged 11, and Iris Stuart, aged 15. Results of play on Saturday were:— CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS Men’s Singles Quarter-finals.—J. E. Robson beat D. L. Anderson 6—l, 6—l; S. Leask beat D. Radford 6—l, B—6; O. Bold beat A. G. Harper 6—2, 9—7; J. W. Paterson beat P. Duggan 6—2, 6—l. Semi-finals.—Bold beat Paterson 3—6, 6—o, 6—l; Robson beat Leask 6—o, 6—l. Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals. —J. W. Paterson and J. C. Robertson beat R. Rudkin and S. Edmond 6—2, 6 —3; J. E. Robson and O. Bold beat J. Lees and C. Allen 6—o, 6—4; G. Laidlaw and G. Pearce beat N. Adams and J. McLean 6—2, 6—3; T. Callender and D. Radford beat E. Stanton and E. Hodgkinson 5—7, B—6, 7—5. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals.—Miss L. Barrett beat Mrs D. McGregor 6—o, 6—2; Mrs J. Adams beat Mrs V. Rogers 6—3, 6 —4; Mrs T. Ross beat Miss M. Kerr by default; Miss M. Robertson beat Miss P. Quinn 6—o, 6—3. Semi-finals.—Miss Barrett beat Mrs Adams 2—6, 6—l, 6—o; Mrs Ross still playing Miss Robertson 11—9, 5—7. Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals.—Miss M. Kerr and Mrs J. Adams beat Mrs Millard and Mrs Raaff 6—3, 6—4; Mrs C. Abbot and Mrs D. McGregor beat Mrs Hay and Mrs McPherson 6—3, 6—o; Miss E. Barrett and Miss M. Robertson beat Mrs B. Boyd and Mrs V. Rogers 6—3, 6—2; Miss M. Spackman and Miss M. Adam beat Mrs Aitken and Mrs Ross 6—3, 3—6, 6—2. Mixed Doubles Second Round.—J. E. Robson and Miss M. Kerr beat S. Leask and Miss Y. Raaff 6—2, 6—l; O. Bold and Mrs V. Rogers beat T. Callender and Miss Luxton 3—6, 6 —4. 6—4; C. Hutchison and Mrs C. Abbott beat E. Hodgkinson and Mrs B. Boyd 6—4. 4—6, 6—3. INTERMEDIATE EVENTS Men’s Singles Second Round.—C. Allen beat A. Mclntosh 6 —2, 6—2; J. Lees beat R. Ogg 6—4, 6—3; I. Joseph beat R. Tait 6—3, 6—2; J. Roughan beat D. Neilson 6—2, 6—o; W. McCoy beat R. Fielding 6 —4, 3—6, 6—4; J. Snell beat K. de Courcy 6—l, 4—6, 6—3; G. Shaw beat J. Stone 6—3, 6—4; A. G. Harper beat R. Dimick B—6, B—6. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals.—Miss A. McKenzie beat Miss D. Pryor 6—2, I—6, 7—5; Miss N. Gosden beat Miss N. Brown 6—4), 6—o. The following players are requested to report at Logan Park at 8.30 a.m. today:—J. Robson, O. Bold, G. Laidlaw. G. Pearce, J. Paterson, G. Shaw, A. Harper, C. Allen, J. Lees, X, Joseph, J. Roughan, W. McCoy, J. Snell, R. Bowkett, C. Hooper, A. Kwok, E. Stanton, B. Jepson, R. Collins, J. McEwan, Miss Robertson, Miss Gosden, Miss M. Kerr, Mrs Adams, Mrs Abbot, Mrs McGregor, Miss Barrett, Miss Spackman, Miss Adam, Miss South, Miss Barr, Mrs Hawkes, Mrs Pearce, Miss Hardy and Miss Cox.