PERRY TO MEET KAY

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1935, Page 9

PERRY TO MEET KAY

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP NEW ZEALANDERS ELIMINATED. FINAL STAGES OF TOURNAMENT. DECISION OF SOME OF TITLES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The semi-finals and some of the finals of the New Zealand lawn tennis championships were decided tp-day. Conditions were ideal, and as there was only a light breeze the dust nuisance which developed early in the tournament along the baselines of the parched courts was practically non-existent. No New Zealanders have reached the final of the men’s championship singles, which will be decided between the Wimbledon and United States champion, F. J. Perry, and the young Victorian player, A. A. Kay, to-day. In the semi-finals Perry defeated E. A. Roussell in straight sets, although the young Wellington player fought pluckily every inch of the way. Kay eliminated the Aucklander, N. G. Sturt, also in straight sets. In the women’s singles Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) reached the final with a victory over another Aucklander, Miss B. Knight, and will meet Miss D. Nicholls (Wellington), who is ranked No. 1 in New Zealand.

. Kay and the other young Victorian, R. W. Ewin, prevailed over L. G. Knott (Australia) and Sturt, but not until their opponents had taken a set at 6—2, and Perry and D. G. France (Wellington) gained a straight-set victory over A. K. Turner and A. C. Johns (Auckland). The final between Perry and France and the Victorian pair should provide the best exhibition of the tournament. Mrs. W. J. Melody (Wellington) and Miss S. Whittaker (Australia) accounted for Miss Knight and Mrs. R. P. Adams (Wellington) and will play Miss Nicholls and Miss N. Beverley (Matamata) in the final of the women’s doubles. EXCITING DOUBLES. By defeating Ewin and Miss Beverley, Sturt and Miss Macfarlane gained the honour of meeting Perry and Miss Whittaker in the final of the combined doubles. This final proved to be the most exciting of the tournament and kept the large crowd of spectators on tenterhooks throughout the second set, which the Aucklanders won at 7—5, and showed the gallery glimpses of the real Perry, who covered the court with amazing rapidity. In the final set the visitors did not allow Sturt and Miss Macfarlane to take another game and won the match 6—o, 5—7, 6-0. By a coincidence the victorious pairs in the finals of both the boys and the girls’ doubles provided the finalists in the corresponding singles events. R. G. Pattinson (West Coast) defeated C. F. Penfold (Canterbury), with whom he won the doubles title on Saturday. Miss M. Beverley (Matamata), sister of the Auckland champion, won the girls’ singles title with a straight-set victory over Miss P. Cooke (Auckland), her successful partner in the doubles event. Partnered by Miss R. Barry (Canterbury) and Miss M. Dickie respectively, Penfold and Pattinson were opposed to each other in the final of the junior combined doubles, which Penfold and Miss Barry won in straight sets. Detailed results are:— Men’s Singles. Semi-finals: F. J. Perry (England) beat E.> A 4 *- Roussell. (Wellington) 6—4, 6—2, 6—2; A. A. Kay (Victoria) beat N. G. Sturt (Auckland), 6—4, 6—4, 6—2. Women’s Singles. Semi-final: Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat Miss B. Knight (Auckland), 6—4, 2—6, 6—4. Men’s Doubles. Semi-finals: A. A. Kay and R. W. Ewin (Victoria) beat L. G. Knott (Australia) and N. G. Sturt (Auckland), 6—l, 4—6, 6—2, 6—4; F. J. Perry and D. G. France (Wellington) beat A. K. Turner and A. C. Johns (Auckland), 6—4, 6 —2, 6—l. Women’s Doubles. Semi-final: Mrs. W. J. Melody' (Wellington) and Miss S. Whittaker (Australia) beat Miss B. Knight (Auckland) and Mrs. R. P. Adams (Wellington), 6—3, 3-6, 6-3. Combined Doubles. Semi-final: N. G. Sturt and Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat R. W. Ewin (Australia) and Miss N. Beverley (Matamata), 6—4, 6—2. Final: Perry and Miss S. Whittaker beat Sturt and Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, 6—o, 5—7, 6—o. Boys’ Singles. Final: R. G. Pattinson (West Coast) beat C. F. Penfold (Canterbury), 6-2, 6——4. i Girls’ Singles. Final: Miss M. Beverley (Matamata) beat Miss P. Cooke (Auckland), 6—4, 6-1. Girls’ Doubles. Final: Miss P. Cooke (Auckland) and Miss M. Beverley (Matamata) beat Miss J. Burns (Wellington) and Miss R. Barry (Canterbury), 6—3, 5—6, 6 —3. Junior Combined Doubles. Semi-final: C. F. Penfold and Miss R. Barry (Canterbury) beat W. Hooper (Manawatu) and Miss J. Burns (Wellington), 6—5, 6—3. Final: C. F. Penfold and Miss R. Barry beat R. G. Pattinson (West Coast) and Miss M. Dickie (Taranaki), 6—4, 6—4.