TENNIS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 7

TENNIS

VICTORIAN CONTESTS PERRY DEFEATS TURNBULL QUIKT DEFEATS HODMAN (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) MELBOURNE, Doc. 13. The tennis championships wore continued. In the men’s singles, quarter-finals, Quist defeated Hopman, o—3, U» —0, i) —2; Perry defeated Turnbull, G—2, 6—3, G —3* In the women’s singles. Miss Round defeated Miss Chi tty, 6—l, 6—l; Mrs. Hopman defeated Miss Lyle, 7 —5, I—G, 6—4; Miss Hartigan defeated Miss Block, 3—G, 6—4, B—l.

' In the men’s doubles, Crawford and Hopman defeated Purcell and Tonkin, (j:—3 B—o,8 —o, 5—7, G —3; and Quist and Turnbull defeated Clomongor and Kay, G—4, B—lo, G—4, 7—3; .Sproule and Thompson defeated Stefani and Malcolm, o—l, !)—7, 7 —3. In the women’s doubles, Miss Dearman and Miss Lyle defeated Miss Toyne and Miss Cox, G —o, 7—3, In the mixed doubles, Malcolm and Mrs. Malcolm defeated Lovett and Miss Wynne, G —4, 3 —G, G—t; Perry and Miss Round defeated Huxley and Mrs, Whittaker, G—2, 7—3; Lovett and Miss Wynne defeated Ewin urnl Miss Mncfnriane, o—4, 7 —3; Hughes and Miss Dearman defeated Schwartz and Miss Griffiths, 4 —G, G—l, 7 —3.

Although I-lopman won tin 1 first two games against Quist, lie weakened against Quist ’s overwhelming attack and fell into many errors and was never again a likely winner. Two thousand witnessed Perry and Turnbull. The pace was on from the start. Perry was not perturbed by Turnbull’s fine passing shots which at no stage seemed likely to trouble.

DAVIS CUP CONTESTS

CANADIAN FIXTURE OTTAWA, Dec. 11. Unless the United States agrees to play a tie in the North American zone Davis Cup matches later in the year .than hitherto, Canada will not enter the competition in 1935. The council of the Canadian Lawn 'Tennis Association announced that Mho council would like the matches in the middle of Juno, instead of early in May, on account of Canadian players without winter engagements being not ready that early, and for linaucial reasons. If the Dominion does not enter for the Davis Cup she may send players abroad for the Wimbledon and European tournaments.