A NEW ANNOUNCER

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18339, 16 December 1927, Page 9

A NEW ANNOUNCER

FRANCE'S BEST TWELVE TENNIS PLAYERS. PARIS. December 6. The following ranking of French tennis players has been decided on bv the Tennis Federation: First, R. Lacoste; second, H. Cochet; third, J. Borotra; fourth, J. Brugnon; fifth, H. Landry; sixth, C. Boussus: seventh, R. George; eighth, A. Gentian; ninth, L. Aslangul; tenth, Aron; eleventh, Geraud; twelfth, Samazeuilh. (Borotra, Brugnon and Boussus have on a world tour, which will include New Zealand. They will be in Wellington early in the New Year.) Patterson Has Revenge. The Victorians did better in the State tennis championships than they had done in the inter-State affair with New South Wales (says the Sydney “ Bulletin”). lan M’lnnes surprised the visitors from Sydney by beating Hopman in straight sets; then he overcame Moon, the Queenslander. But he met his master in Crawford, who won by 3-6, 6-4. 6-2, 6-4, having previously defeated Rowe, the South Australian, in a hot four-set match: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 12-10. R. O. Cummings also distinguished himself in the early rounds and set Gerald Patterson a stiff task in the semi-final; indeed it looked for a time as if the big fellow was gone. But with grim determination he made up his leeway in the fourth set, and the fifth was comparatively easy for him: 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3. The final between Crawford and Patterson provided a mighty battle, with the Victorian the winner: 7-5, 6-1, 5-7, 1-6, 7-5. Patterson was at his top, and mixed his strokes qrach more than usual, making frequent use of his- chop shots; Crawford, for his part, played very fine tennis after a sl>akv start. :: SUZANNE WILL GET NO QUARTER IN BRITAIN. LONDON, December 2. The secretary of the British Lawn Tennis Association says that the association “will not consider for a moment” Mile. Lenglen’s application for a restoration of her amateur privileges in Britain. (Following the slump throughout the world in professional tennis, and the comparative obscurity to which the professions have been relegated, it was stated that Mile. Lenglen was contemplating applying for a restoration of her amateur status. Other French professionals (male) have already made application, and it was believed that Mile. Lenglen was waiting to see the results of these before moving herself.)