BUDGE AND THE "OPEN"
TENNIS SUGGESTION In case anything ever comes of the suggestion of an open lawn tennis tournament, with the professors and the amateurs battling it out together, it is interesting to note that Budge will 'sbortily be opposed by Fred Perry instead of Ellsworth Vines. Budge, was getting very iclose to Perry's standard when Perry decided to accept a pay packet, and Budge has improved since then, says a London Daily Mail sports writer. Perry won't be so good. In lawn tennis, however, it does not follow that a player improves when, he turns professional. In nine cases out of ten he is fairly certain to deteriorate, [through lack of competition, real match practice, and hard training. In my own view, if an open tournament were held next summer, the only professional with an outstanding chance of winning would be Budge—and he, simply because he has only recently gone over.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 13 March 1939, Page 12
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