LAWN TENNIS NATIONAL TITLES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21577, 13 February 1940, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS NATIONAL TITLES

FINALS TO-DAY

By Telegraph—Press Association

WELLINGTON, February 12.

New Zealand has three representatives in the final matches of the Dominion Centennial Tennis Championships to be decided at Miramar tomorrow. The Canterbury pair, Angas and Brown, came through the semifinal to-day and will meet Crawford and Bromwich in the final. The other New Zealand player is Mrs Gallagher i Wellington), who as Miss Dulcie Nicholls, has been Dominion champion. She Is paired with Miss Hardcastle in the final of the women’s doubles against Misses Wynne and Coyne. The singles finals will be disputed between Australians. A northerly wind that increased to half gale force during the afternoon played havoc with many of to-day’s games. The Australian visitors again found the conditions especially trying, but being more accustomed to the wind than they were in the early stages of the tournament last week, they showed better control over their shots, although sudden gusts accompanied by swirling blinding dust often made accurate placements down the sideline or the baseline a matter of luck. One championship final, the mixed doubles, was decided late In the afternoon, when conditions were most atrocious. Crowded galleries nevertheless were treated to a brilliant exhibition between Bromwich and Miss Coyne and Crawford and Miss Wynne. The men dominated the play and thrill followed thrill as points seesawed to the finish. Men’s Singles Semi-final. J. Bromwich (Australia) beat R. Howe (Wellington), 8-6, 6-2, 6-1. J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat C. Angas (Canterbury), 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. Women's Singles Semi-final. Miss T. Coyne (Australia) beat Miss M. Hardcastle (Australia), 3-6, 6-4, 9-7. Miss Coyne will meet Miss N. Wynne (Australia) in the final to-morrow. Men’s Doubles Semi-final A. D. Brown and C. Angas (Canterbury) beat N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and D. G. France (Wellington), 5-7, 6-2, 6- 6-1. Brown and Angas will meet Bromwich and Crawford in the final to-morrow. Mixed Doubles Semi-final. J. H. Crawford and Miss N. Wynne beat R. Barnes (Australia) and Miss P. Cooke (Auckland), 6-0, 6-8, 6-0. J. Bromwich and Miss T. Coyne beat R. Howe and Miss M. Beverley (Waikato), 6-4, 6-4. Final J. Bromwich and Miss T. Coyne beat J. H. Crawford and Miss N. Wynne, 7- 6-2. Women’s Plate Semi-final. Miss M. Howe (Wellington) beat Miss J. Nicholls (Wellington), 6-3, 6-2. Final Miss P. Cooke (Auckland beat Miss Howe, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0. Veterans’ Doubles R. V. Hooper (Manawatu) and M. L. Lampe (Wanganui) beat R. Browning and D. F. Glanville (Canterbury), 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.