SINGLES WELL ADVANCED

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 9

SINGLES WELL ADVANCED

CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS PLAY

PROMINENT PLAYERS’ EASY WINS

RHODES-WILLIAMS BEATS WILSON

GREAT MATCH IN LADIES’ SINGLES

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night.

The New Zealand lawn tennis championships were continued this morning in fine but cloudy weather with a north wind. In the afternoon conditions were ideal. There were no surprises in the third round of the men’s' singles. Barnett, Stedman, Malfroy, Angas and Andrews had easy matches, although R. A. Court extended Malfroy in the first set, passing him with beautiful sideline drives. Thereafter Court missed numerous easy ground strokes and was never in the hunt against Malfroy’s volleying. Dennis Coombe, by brilliant cross-court volleying low down, and accurate driving down the side-lines, fully extended Norman 1 Sturt, who was mistiming his volleys and pushing his forehand and backhand ’ drives out ever the side lines. Sturt-was compelled to play more carefully in the last two sets to run Coombe out of position before going to the net. Coombe tired toward the end. Rhodes-Williams stroked beautifully from the back line on both wings or else lobbed to the backhand corner as his opponent took the net to beat N. R. C. Wilson in four sets. Wilson made the majority of his mistakes in the net. In the ladies’ singles Miss N. Welsh had set points against Miss B. Knight at 5—3 but lost the advantage on wild hitting. Miss Knight would not bestir herself to that point and then she went to the net and out-volleyed and outdrove Miss Welsh. For the first time Miss D. Howe has beaten Miss M. Andrew, but a Miss Andrew who is well below her old form. Miss Howe was steady and her cuts forced Miss Andrew to the net if she had to run for them. Mrs. H. M. Dykes beat Miss Thelma Poole in a brilliant base, line driving game in wheih the latter gave an exhibition seldom seen in tournaments. Miss Poole had two set-points in the first set at 5 —4 and 40—15. She drove with perfect length and great pace, but it was stuff , Mrs. Dykes was quite at home with and she, swapped drive for drive and one more.

Miss E. Rudkin beat Miss M. Rutherford," the conqueror of Mrs. Melody, in a base line game in which the winner placed more accurately, hit harder, kept better court position and served better. FIVE-SET ENCOUNTER The outstanding game in the men’s doubles was a five-set encounter between Seay apd Malfroy and Rhodes-Williams and Barnett. Seay and Malfroy won through their greater aggressiveness at the net, the losers’ lobbing too often being short and their combination frequently being mixed. The losers also drove when they ought to have lobbed and this error in tactics cost them many games. Rhodes-Williams was also weak overhead and hung too far back on the service line to be caught at his feet or compelled to volley up, which is fatal against such brilliant net exponents as his opponents. The serving of the winners was also much stronger.

In the closing stages of last night the veteran, A._ G. Wallace, and the lefthander, George Pearce, a scratch pair, pressed France brothers in five sets of brilliant tennis, Pearce - especially being outstanding in volleying and smashing. Failing light caused Wallace, who had been volleying delightfully, to mishit. Len France was the handicap to Don France, keeping on the service line and being, caught at-his feet. The winners in the ladies’ doubles all won their matches decisively, there being no surprises. ' VOra Burns, the holder of the girls’ singles, was beaten by Mary Sinclair, who hits a hard ball on the forehand. The loser made too many outs in the first and. third sets. Detailed results are:— Men’s Singles.

Third round: H. A. Barnett beat C. H. Bowen, 6—o, 6—o, 6—l; C. Stedman beat D. I. Robertson, 6—3, 6—2, 6—4; D. G. France beat J. J. McCarthy, 6—2, 6 —3, 6—4; C. E. Malfroy beat R. A. Court, B—6, 6—2, 6—o; T. Rhodes-Williams beat N: R. ,C. Wilson, 6—2, 2—6, 6—2, 6—4; C. Angas beat G. Pearce, 6—4, 6—o, 6—2; N. G. Sturt beat D. C. Coombe; E. D. Andrews beat E. A. Roussell, 6 —2, 6—4, 6—o.

Ladies’ Singles.

Second round: Miss B. Knight beat Miss N. Welsh (Wairarapa), 7—5, 6-2; Miss E. Rudkin beat Miss

6—3, ,6—3; Miss M. Wake beat Miss B. Gould, 6—4, 6—5; Miss D. Howe beat Miss M. Andrew, 6—2, 6—3; Mrs. H. M. Dykes beat Miss T. Poole, 7—5, 6—2.

Men’s Doubles.

Second round: K. G. Salmon and D. I. Robertson beat E. B. W. Smyth and A. C. Coull, 6—4; I—6, 10—8, 7—5; C. E. Malfroy and I. A. Seay beat T. RhodesWilliams and H. A. Barnett, 7—5, 4—6, 6L_3 r 5_7, 6—2; E. D. Andrews and J. N. Lowry beat W. R. Robinson and J. G. A’Court, 6—3, 7 —5, 6—B, 6—3. Third round: N. R. C. Wilson and A. C. Stedman beat K. A. McFarlane and L. W. Udy, 6—l, 6—2, 9—7.

Ladies’ Doubles.

Second round: Mesdames H. M. Dykes und R. P. Adams beat Misses N.’ Howell and M. I. Glenny, 6—o, 6—4; Misses M. Wake- and M. Andrew beat Misses J. Ramsay and D. Miller, 6—l, 6—3; Mrs. W. 'J. Melody and Miss D. Nicholls beat Mesdames D. G. France and Whatley, g—2, 6—l; Misses B. Gould and M. 'Whyte beat Misses M. and L. Rutherford, 11 —9, 6-2. Combined Doubles. First round: N.- G. Sturt and Mrs. Napier beat W. Udy and Mrs. Whatley, 11—9, 5—7, 6—2; A. C. Stedman and Miss M. Wake beat R. McL. Ferkins and Miss N. Welsh, 6—3, 6—o; D. C. Coombe and Miss B. Knight beat A. C. Coull and Miss I. McCarty, 6—2, 6—3; J. N. Lowry, and Miss D. Haggitt beat K. A. McFarlane and Miss McFarlane, 7 —5, 6—l; I. A. Seay and Miss M. Andrew beat E. G. Boddy and Mrs. R. P. Adams, 6—3, 5—7, 6—2; C. E. Malfroy and Miss M. Macfarlane beat R. A. Court and Miss N. Howell, 6—l, 6—2; K. G. Salmond and Miss M. Rutherford beat K. W. Dyer and Miss B. Gould, 4-6, 7—5, 6—3; D. G. and Mrs. France beat D. I. Robertson and Miss M. I. Glenny, 6—2, 6—3. . ' Second round: N. R. C. Wilson and Mrs. N. Thomson beat E. B. W. Smyth and Mrs. W. J. Melody, 6—3, 7—5; G. A. Pearce and Miss N. Fleming won by default; E. D. Andrews and Mrs. H. M. Dykes beat J. J. McCarthy and Miss C. Longmore, 6—l, 6—4. Boys’ Junior Singles. Second round: R. T. Wilson beat M. F. Lees, 6—2, I—6, 6—3; J. W. Gunn beat J. T. King, 6—o, 6-2; E. F. Page beat D. T. Came>on, 6—o, 6—l; N. F. N. Bedford beat N. A. Morrison, 6—2, 6—l. Girls’ Junior Singles. Second round: Jessie Bums beat Joyce Bedford, 6—l, 6—o; Dorothy Dickey beat Vera Burns, 6—3, 3—6, 6—3; Joy Bishop beat Ina Small, 6—5, 5 —6, 6—2; Aileen Smith beat Audrey Kean, 4—6, 6—o, 6—4. Boys’ Doubles. First round: R. T. Wilson and M. F. Lees beat M. Goodson and R. T. Peacock, 6—4, 4-6, 6—l; N. F. N. Bedford and N. A. Morrison beat D. G. Cameron and J. M. Gunn, 6—l, 6—2. Girls’ Doubles. First round: Aileen Smith and Dorothy Dickey won by default; Betty McDonald and Dorothy Oakley won by default; Vera Bums and Jessie Bums beat Nancy McFarlane and May Watson, 6—2, 6—2; Roma Drake and Joy Bishop beat Joyce Bedford and Ina Small, 2—6, 6—4, 6-4.

Junior Combined Doubles.

Second round: J. King and .Myra King won by default. Intermediate Open Singles.

Second round: M. Ferkins beat A. D. Long, 6—o, 6—3; W. G. Robertson beat N. Davys, 6—3, 6—4; N. F. N. Bedford beat D. B. S. Lees, 6—l, 6—3; E. F. Page beat R. R. Lees, 2—6, 6—4, 62.