BRILLIANT PLAY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 852, 28 August 1933, Page 12

BRILLIANT PLAY.

Quist and Turnbull Beat | U.S. Pair. I AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. United Press Assn. —By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, August 26. In the United States national lawn tennis championship tournament at Chestnut Hill, the quarter-finals of the doubles matches resulted: H. Ellsworth Vines and K. Gtedhill (U.S.A.) defeated Jack Tidball and Gene Mako (.Eos Angeles), 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Adrian Quist and Turnbull (Australia), defeated Wilmer Allison and J. van Ryn (U.S.A.), 15-13, 0-6, 6-1, 7-5. G. Lott and E. R. Stoetfen (U.S.A.) defeated J. B. Crawford and V. M'Grath (Australia), 6-2, 7-5, 7-5. F. X. Shields and F. A. Parker (U.S.A.) defeated F. J. perry and F. H. D. Wilde (England). 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. Allison and van Ryn in their first set led 5-3, and were thrice at set-point on Quist's service in the ninth game, but they netted or drove out and found their lead reduced to 5-4. The Australians drew level at 5-5. They w'ere now as brilliant as their opponents were patchy and drew ahead 6-5, but the Americans evened the score with a love game. There then followed some evenly matched games, punctuated by long-drawn, hard-fought rallies. The set developed into a test of main strength in which the hardest tennis of the tournament thus far was played. The teams alternated in the quality of their play, patchiness following brilliancy with bewildering rapidity. Rarely in championship tennis has a game been fought as with the twentysixth, in which the Australians were set point; but they were unable to clinch it and the Americans evened the score to 13-13. Turnbull took the next game to love on his service and the Australians capped their performance superbly by taking the next also to love on van Ryan’s service to end the set. The gruelling struggle had taken something out of the Australians and in the second set they dropped five games in a row in five minutes in an exhibition of nerveless tennis. They then patiently let the sixth go, knowing the set was irreclaimable.

They returned to fight the third set, breaking the Americans’ winning streak with beautiful play game after game, losing only the fourth on a temporary lapse in accuracy. They were litterly driving five Americans off their feet, with the large gallery breathless and cheering. Returning to the courts apparently much refreshed, the teams resumed the struggle on an even basis in the fourth set which, in common with the others, was fought at the net for the greater part, testing the volleying skill of the players. The Americans were set point on Quist’s service in the tenth game, but the Australians pulled it out of the fire by standing at the net and simply blasting their opponents from the court. They then lobbed high in the next game to see their opponents drop their shots into the net. The Australians went into a commanding position at 6-5, from which they would not be budgfed, settling the match in the next game. They will play Lott and Stoffen on Monday, the other semi-final being Vines and Gledhill against Shields and Parker. CHAMPION DEFAULTS. Mrs Helen Wills-Moody Loses Final.

NEW YORK. August 26. Miss Helen Jacobs, the defending champion, defeated Mrs H. Wills-Moody to-day in the final of the women s United States lawn tennis championship. 8-6, 3-6, 3-0 (unfinished). Afterwinning only five points in the first three games of the final set Mrs Moody went to the judges’ stand and announced that she was unable to continue. It was a dramatic and disappointing conclusion to one of the most spectacular matches in the history of the women’s championship Seven times previously they had met with Mrs Moody never losing even a set. The crowd of seven thousand became wildly excited as Miss Jacobs crashed through in the initial set. Miss Jacobs had the support of the crowd. •• My right leg kept bothering me and I simply could not get to the ball,” Mrs Moody said afterwards. ” There was no use in my continuing, though I disliked very much having to retire. Miss Jacobs was playing beautiful tennis and deserved to win.” Mrs Moody was wearing a truss as a result of a spinal injury which caused her to withdraw from the Wightman Cup matches several weeks ago. Iler right leg, however, bothered her more than her back. She said she had also decided to withdraw from the doubles, in which she was paired with Miss E. Ryan, thus giving the title by default to Misses Nuthall and James (England). STEDMAN CHAMPION. Wins North of England Tourney. LONDON, August 26. In the North of England lawn tennis championship final A. C. Stedman (New Zealand) defeated H. K. Lester, 6- r , 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Stedman had won his semifinal match with Peters, 6-4, 6-2. In the men’s doubles V. G. Kirby (South Africa) and Lyttelton Rodgers (Ireland) beat Stedman and H. S. Burrow's (England), 6-0, 7-5. International Matches. NEW YORK, August 25. The United States Lawn Tennis Association to-day completed arrangements for two international team matches at Chicago and Cincinnati following the national singles championships at Forest Hills. On- September 11 teams representing England and Japan will meet at Cincinnati; and on September 12 and 13 picked squads from Australia and the United States will compete at Chicago. Australia being represented by its full Davis Cup team and the United States by its leading players. Perry will head the English team. ■