AMERICAN TENNIS TITLES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21127, 29 August 1938, Page 11

AMERICAN TENNIS TITLES

BUDGE AND MAKO IN EXCELLENT FORM AUSTRALIANS’ INGLORIOUS DISPLAY (Received August 28, 8.45 p.m.) The following are the results in the American lawn tennis championships: Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals A. Quist and J. Bromwich (Australia) beat H. Hopman and Schwartz (Australia), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. D. Budge and G. Mako (U.S.A.) beat W. Allison and J. Van Ryan (U.S.A.), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. Final Budge and Mako beat Quist and Bromwich, 6-3. 6-2, 6-1. Women's Doubles Semi-Final Madam Mathieu (France) and Mlle. Jedrzejowska (Czecho-Slovakia) beat Misses D. Wynne and Thelma Coyne (Australia), 6-4, 6-3. Final Miss A. Marble and Mrs Fabyan (U.S.A.) beat Madam Mathieu and Mlle. Jedrzejowska, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3. Mixed Doubles Third Round Miss Marble and Budge defeated Miss Wolfenden and Kovacs 6-4, 6-3. Mrs Hopman and Hopman defeated Miss Workman and Wob 6-3, 7-5. Miss Coyne and Bromwich v. Mrs Van Ryan and Allison, 6-2, 2-6, 8-6. Semi-Finals Miss Coyne and Bromwich beat Miss Wynne and Quist, 7-5, 6-4. Miss Marble and Budge beat Mrs Hopmail and Hopman, 6-3, 6-3. Final Miss A. Marble and D. Budge (U.S.A.) beat Miss Thelma Coyne and John Bromwich (Australia), 6-1, 6-2. Australia’s Davis Cup hopes were set back by the doubles final in which Bromwich and Quist played listlessly, never threatening the Americans, and disappointing the crowd of 4000 drawn by the prospects of a close match. The Americans were devastating. Budge was at his invincible best, while Mako played one of the best games of his life. Bromwich was adequate, but evidently ill at case, suffering .from nervous tension. Quist was far from his best and erred frequently. Neither was able to cope with the Americans’ service. Budge and Mako’s ground strokes and smashing were terrific and their accuracy was almost mechanical. Finding themselves unable to match stroke for stroke, the Australians resorted to lobbing, but the pace on the balls was so great that they were unable to control them. Perhaps the fewer details of the match written the better, since it was just a monotonous notching of American points. Budge and Mako took the offensive from the start and the Australians never held the lead. Their best positions were 2-3 in the first set; 2-5 in the second, and 1-4 in the third. Long rallies were infrequent. However, the Australians did show flashes of brilliance, but the episodes usually ended in their netting easy shots ingloriously. Critics’ Comments The match shocked American sportsmen who widely favoured Australia’s Davis Cup chances. George Lott told the Australian Associated Press that Quist seemed too anxious to guard his back-hand, which Lott felt was adequate to cope with Budge’s service. Referring to Australia’s defeat at the hands of Budge and Mako in the men’s doubles, Hopman said that he was terribly disappointed. “There are no excuses,” he said. “Bromwich and Quist were just off form and I do not regard their defeat as a Davis Cup

criterion. I do not think Budge and Mako can do it again.” The Sporting Editor of “The New York Times” says: The showing of the Australians was so far below expectations that suspicion arose In some quarters that they were holding back, like Patterson and Wood did in 1922, and will show a complete transformation in the challenge round. The women’s final was a stirring contest, in which every point was hotly disputed. The Americans’ retention of the title was due to Mrs Fabyan’s brilliance. Miss Marble was uncertain and repeatedly netted or over drove at critical stages. Mrs Fabyan, who has held the title six times, rose to great heights. Volleying superbly, she covered more of the court than she would if Miss Marble had been supporting her adequately; but for this, Madam Mathieu and Mlle. Jedrzejowska would certainly have won. They played sparkling tennis. Madam Mathieu’s courtcraft was delightful. Mixing her game, she constantly harried the Americans and played them out of position. The Americans lost the first set after leading 5-2. Dropping two set. points, they steadied in the second set, Mrs Fabyan breaking through at 4-4 to win 6-4. After 10 minutes' interval, the diminutive Mrs Fabyan returned with strength renewed to score with more crisp volleys. The final set was won from 3-3. The Australians put on an exhibition in the semi-final of the men’s doubles which delighted the crowd. All played crisply and everybody was satisfied that it was an immeasurably superior solution of an awkward situation to defaulting. Australian Women Defeated The elimination of Misses Wynne and Coyne in 30 minutes was rather inglorious. The pairs did not function as teams and it was just player versus player witli tactics thrown overboard. The stroking of Madame Mathieu and Mlle Jedrzejowska proved superior. The first three sets of the match between Budge and Mako and Allison and Van Ryn produced routine tennis, but the set final was a classic, the veterans attempting a come-back. They seemed over-nervous and treated the champions with the greatest respect. They played defensively and declined to go to the net together. These tactics suited Budge and Mako perfectly and the position was aggravated by Van Ryn’s inaccurate long court game. Volleying quietly and precisely, the champions seemed set for an easy win. However, they let up in the third set which Allison and Van Ryan won from 3-3. Down 0-4 in the fourth set, Allison sprang into dynamic activity, volleying and driving with strength and superb accuracy. He completely overshadowed Budge, repeatedly winning from balls down the sides, or between his opponents.. In a hectic 20 minutes Allison took the score to 5-5, to 8-8 and then saved three match points. It was a most brilliant, individual exhibition. Van Ryan throughout was a broken reed, otherwise the veterans might have won. The Australian team is going to Philadelphia on Sunday. The Australian women will play exhibition matches at Newport on Tuesday.