STRENUOUS TENNIS
PLAYERS EXHAUSTED PLAY EXTENDS THREE HOURS •Due of the longest tennis matches ever played in Whangarei took place on the Whailgiarei Lawn Tennis Club’s courts on Saturday, when, owing to the extreme heat and the resultant fatigue, it was decided to toss a coin when the score was 11-nll in the third and final set. Play lnul been in progress for three hours, and both players, Mrs. I). J. Thomson and Miss I’. Ryder, were completely exhausted. The score at this stage was B—6,8 —6, 3—6, 11—ll, and the toss went in favor of Mrs. Thomson, who was thus awarded the match, which was In the ladies’ A grade handicap singles.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18585, 20 December 1934, Page 3
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