French Win Sydney Finals.
BOROTRA SHOWS GREAT SPEED AND AGILITY. BEATS CUMMINGS IN MEN’S SINGLES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn-—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, February 5. in the final of the men’s singles Borotra beat Cummings (New South Wales), 6-4. 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Borotra showed wonderful speed, and volleyed and smashed perfectly. Cummings’s tennis improved greatly during the latter part of the game but he was unable to beat the agile French-
man. Borotra iii the early part of the match played further back than usual, to counter ’ Cummings’s cross court strokes. He made several errors off Cummings’s slow shots, and his foothold was somewhat insecure. This hindered him considerably. Cummings played very gamely.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18381, 6 February 1928, Page 6
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