MILLER STARS TENNIS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 2

MILLER STARS TENNIS

SEASON’S FIRST, GtfE ; HOLDERS DEFEATED >' «U GOOD FORM SHOWN The first mattjj of the 1954-35 season fen- .the Miller Start' was played on the Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club’s courts yesterday afternoon, when S, Vincent and Wilfrid Kohn. of the' Gisborne club, challenged and defeated R. Anderson 'and K. Dovsi 'of the Whataupoko club, .securing a Fairly easy win. liven so early ill the season, the' courts were in Very good orddr. , . , , „ lii the doubles match, which was.played fits!, Anderson and Boys found their handicap of 15.1 too much to give the ois tor ne pair, who were well, on their game, and ran out fairly comfortable winners, 9-3, Kohn arid Vincent were morot successful ih taking the net than their ■ opponents, wlp did not play - an accurate enough game with their lobbing to force the challengers from that position: Vincent was particularly good overhead, and won many points. Boys : rather weak'service proved easy tor tne. Gisborne pair, who were able to keep the .'holders on the defensive throughout In.the singles Boys and Vincent had. a VC ry good game. Boys' owed 15 m every game, and on the day- did very well to go down only 9-11. Both played good tpnnis, driving strongly. In tne early stages Bovs was particularly severe on his' forehand, and ran into an early lead".Of , 7—3, but tli.en Vincent concentrated his attack oil. Boys’ backhand, placing. Mid Ori .%. defensive, and. managed,to pul! up, principally.nS; the result of his clean work overhead Vincent, levelled the games at 9-all, and eventually ran out the winner 11—9. In the other singles Anderson owed 15.3, hut found this handicap too severe and Kohn had little difficulty, in winning '9—3. For so. early in tlie season, Ivohn played very well, returning Anderson’s severest drives, -without trouble. The first four games alternated with the services; thert Kohn broke throhgli to 1 win five games in "a l’Ow to lead .7—2, which lead lie maintained to run out a comfortable winner, 9-3. Anderson frequently found the net, and Kohn, keeping a good' length, profited by Anderson’s mistakes. • , The Whataupoko pair did not produce the form expected of them bv the haiidicappers, though ■of course; Vin.c?nt and Kohn were handicapped on “beginning of the season’’, form,-and- as the -playing ot the match was delayed e -week, they ap- * peared to have benefited very much by the extra time. -• The next challenge will be from another pair from the Whataupoko club.