DAVIS CUP

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21103, 1 August 1938, Page 5

DAVIS CUP

AUSTRALIA ELIMINATES MEXICO United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright (Received July 30, 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 30. The Australian tennis team gained an Impressive lead over Mexico in the first round of the Davis Cup competition, when they won the first two singles and the doubles without the loss of a set. The series is being played at Kansas City. Results:— A. K. Quist (Australia) beat Hernandez (Mexico), 6-1, 7-5, 6-4. J. Bromwich (Australia) beat R. Tapia (Mexico), 6-4. 6-4, 6-4. Hernandez was simply unable to volley or handle his ground shots in a manner requisite for tournament play. In the doubles Quist and Bromwich beat Hernandez and Taipa 6-1, 6-0, 6-3. In an exhibition match Schwartz beat Bedola 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Commenting on the singles play, H. Hopman said that the tennis was very ordinary. He was not worrying about the form of either Bromwich or Quist. They had not yet reached the top of their form, but they would play better in the later matches. “We cannot complain when we won six straight sets,” he added. CANADIANS BEATEN JAPANESE WIN ALL GAMES United Prp«s«> Association —Rv Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 30. 6.30 p.m.) MONTREAL, July 30. Continuing the Davis Cup match Japan eliminated Canada by winning the doubles and the remaining two singles, thus annexing all five matches. In the doubles Yamagishi and Nakano (Japan) beat Wilson and Watt 6-3. 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Wilson’s service and Watt’s fine net work gave the Canadians considerable leverage against their otherwise superior opponents. Yamagishi’s steadiness from the back of the court, and Nakano’s smashing, however, proved too much for their opponents, but the Canadians, with surprising rallies, deferred the outcome and provided the galleries with an excellent spectacle. In the singles, Yamagishi beat Cameron, who replaced Wilson, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. Nakano beat Murray 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. EUROPEAN FINAL GERMANY LEADS YUGO-SLAVIA Onlted Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 30, 6.30 p.m.) BERLIN, July 30. Germany and Yugo-Slavia broke even in the first day’s singles in the final of the European zone of the Davis Cup competition. Results: F. Puncec (Yugo-Slavia) beat H. Henkel (Germany), 6-1, 7-5, 6-3. Metaxa (Germany) beat F. Pallada (Yugo-Slavia), 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 12-10. A later message reported that in the doubles, Henkel and Metaxa (Germany) beat Puncec and Kukuljevic (Yugo-Slavia), 1-6, 7-9, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.