PERRY WINS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18190, 11 September 1933, Page 9

PERRY WINS

U.S. TENNIS CROWN CRAWFORD OUTPLAYED ATTACK OF DIZZINESS 2+ GAMES IN ONE SET (Elvo. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn:) (Received Sept. U, 3 p.m.) FOREST HILLS, Sept. 10. The Englishman, Perry, won tho United States tennis championship todav when lie deleated the Australian, Crawford, 6 —3, 11 —13, 4 —6, 6—o, 6 —l, in the final. Crawford informed the Australian Press Association that following 10 minutes’ rest after the third set lie returned •to the courts in a daze, and thereafter was plainly dizzy during the two concluding sets. I)r. Davenport, president, of the West Indies Tennis Club, told a correspondent that Crawford informed him that he felt sick, and though he continued in the hope that the spell would pass off, the. dizziess increased until he, was quite faint at the end.A brisk wind blew at right angles across the court, making the, ball uncertain. Both players opened with effort less, polished tennis, their ground strokes, their forecourt play, and their general court coverage being amoAg the best sights of tennis. Crawford was the first to lapse from the standard of perfection, and in a long-drawn deuced third game dropped his service at 1 6 points. This lead of the game the, Englishman improved to 3—l, only to have the Australian take the next, two games with the allowance of only a single point to his opponent. Perry was troubled by the wind in his service. He made two double, faults in the sixth game, and four in the inatf'h thus far. Perry went into a decisive 5—3 lead, breaking Crawford’s service in the seventh, and winning the eighth on his own. Crawford’s shots now had too much, or too little, distance. The same trouble in the final made him lose his service and the set rather weakly. Stroke analysis:— Ares Place* Outs Nets Double meats Faults Crawford .. 0 4 If! 14 0 Perry ..0 8 7 10 5 Points: Crawford, 2fi; Perry, 29. STRENUOUS SECOND SET Just a fine shade of accuracy, the Englishman having more than, the Australian, separated the. two players in tho second set. As in the first set, tho Australian was within a point of accounting for the Englishman’s service, when, upon the booing insistence of the crowd, the umpire changed his decision, permitting the deucing of the second game, but the Englishman was unable to. carry the day. The. players exchanged breaks of service in the fourth and fifth, and then the score was 3 —3 on the sixth.

Crawford was within a. point of accounting for the Englishman’s delivery iu the seventh, am), in mock exasperation, kicked the ball across the net after making tho last- of three nets that cost him the game. The crowd laughed, and he smiled. With such fine shading strokes, it was inevitable that the strong wind would be responsible for a great part of !>oth players’ errors. Thus far, the Australian at no point had been really threatening. Perry had the slight ; advantage, from a tactical viewpoint, that he was better at the net, and gained valuable rallies by forcing the pace in the forecourt. It was a dangerous advantage, which, if the Australian had not overcome, seemed 1 certain to prolong the match, even if not defeat him. He broke Perry’s service in the thirteenth game to take a commanding lead, only to drop his own service in ihe fourteenth, when the Englishman continued his forcing game. Incidentally, Crawford lost the final point by a double fault, his first, in the match. The same thing happened in the next iwo games. The score was now B—B. It was dramatic tennis, with just a touch of grimness. The Australian improved his chances slightly by advancing a little more resolutely to the net. The games alternated with service until Perry, leading 11—10, was within two points of accounting for the Australian’s delivery, but the Australian rose to great heights to go 3—2. Then, when the Englishman deuced it to pull out 5 —3, Crawford deuced the next game, and finally broke the Englishman’s service on the latter’s donble-l'ault, and was leading 12 —11. Thereafter he end- j ed the set handily next game. Stroke analysis:— Aoes Place- Outs Nets Double ments Faults Crawi'ord .. 3 13 32 2fi (5 Perry .. 2 11 2(5 30 4 Points: Crawford, 82, Perry 70. PERRY’S SET TO LOVE In the third set, the men alternated j with a break of service, and then held the service consistently. Perry’s aggres-1 siveness persisted, and it, was due wholly j to tho continuous readiness with which j he took the net that Crawford’s opportunity to finish off the third set came, | but, unfortunately, it was not, conducive to full satisfaction to him, though he j was faultless, in the incident. Perry j was standing 2—3. He started a stroke, next shot, but brought his racquet down, apparently in the belief that Crawford’s return was out. Actually, the ball hit the fine, and the linesman motioned that it was good. Obviously disappointed over the decision, the Englishman was sufficiently disconcerted to fall an eas3 r prey to tno next game, .Stroke analysis:— Aces Place- Outs Nets Double ments Faults Crawford ..1 9 10 8 3 Porry .. 0 3 0 13 II Points: Crawford, 29; Porry, 21. I The "fourth set plainly was an anti- ', climatic. Once Perry broke, through Crawford’s service in the second game trt 'A—4, fhe Australian seemed f 0 TTKe all interest, and plainly did not try. Stroke analysis: — Aces Place- Outs Nets Double merits Faults Crawford .. 0 3 8 11 2 Perry ..1 4 2 4 I Points; Crawford, 19; Porry, 2(5. NET STORMING SUCCEEDS In the fifth set, the preponderance of Perry through his net-storming tactics came clearly in sight. Ho tool; a 2—l lead, allowing his opponent only four points, and gaining the decisive rallies with angled unretumable volleys. The Australian then accounted! for Perry’s service, principally on the Englishman’s errors, blit dropped his own simply because he was insufficiently aggressive. Perry was now leading 3—l. This lio increased to 4—l on his own service. Crawford seemed extremely tired. He was netting and outing the easiest of shots, and gripping his breast, apparently in pain. Several times he stumbled going after shots. He dropped the sixth game on bis service, after deucing it, and lost the final game to love, outing and netting. Stroke analysis:— Aces Place- Outs Nets Double ments Faults Crawford .. 0 3 12 11 0 Perry ~ t> 4 S 0 U