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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 8

The success of the English ami Australian Davis Cup representatives at the Wimbleddn tournament will serve to stimulate further the already pronounced interest 1 which is working up with respect to the international event. Norman Brookes, who was given a generous measure of praise the other day by Anthony Wilding, is doing all that caii be expected of him —winning his games with plenty in hand. Most of his opponents so far have been men as ye£ undistinguished in the tennis world: lie will be more severely tried as the weaker players are eliminated. Brookes well and Brookes ailing are two different people Oil the court, champion though- he be. He has been Home itfow a couple of months, and by this time should be approaching his top form. He has an. old score with Parke, the solid Irishman, who outplayed the then sick Victorian in Melbourne. Brookes has defeated Parke since over the ''short route," but these successes have not entirely removed this blot on his escutcheon. The Irishman, too, is showing excellent form, and should he and Brookes meet towards the end of the tournament the contest should be hard and keen. Doust, the fourth string of the Australian team, is improving his singles game, evidence of which is afforded by the fact that Mavrogordato, already selected as a member of the British Isles side, was pushed to the 'limit to hold the advantage he secured in the opening set. Doust, with the partner to suit him, is more formidable in doubles than iu singles, but it is apparent that his constant attendance at tennis tournaments is making his allround game more effective. The American team has not yet been selected, but M'Loughlin and the youthful and brilliant Williams are certainties. America's chiefest need is a pair of sound j doubles players. M'Loughlin is not in the same class as Durilop for a shrewd doubles game, but the Victorian would never hold M'Loughlin iu a singles contest. It looks as though Brookes and Wilding are to be Australia's first doubles —it will come as strange to see the former playing without Dunlop, who ; is the ideal partner for Brookes. I