DAVIS CUP.

Wairarapa Age, 4 May 1937, Page 5

DAVIS CUP.

AUSTRALIANS WIH TV/O FINAL SINGLES. BROMWICH AND QUIST PLAY WELL. 1 MeGBATH SUFFERING FROM SORE THROAT. , MEXICO CITY, May 2. In the concluding two singles matches in the Davis Cup contest between Australia and Japan J. Bromwich (Australia), replacing V. B. McGrath who is in bed with a sore throat, beat Beyes (Mexico), 6-2, 6-2, 7-5, and A. K. Quist ' (Australia) beat Tapia (Mexico) 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. In the first set four games went t« deuce. In the second there were long rallies, Bromwich winning two game* to love. In the third set Beyes used an effective back-hand. The last game went to deuce five times. Quist won the first four games and Tapia the fifth and seventh. In the second set Tapia won the first two, Quist the next three, and Tapia tha sixth and seventh. Tn the third set Tapia won the first three, Quist the I fourth, and Tapia the fifth after two deuces. Quist won the sixth, seventh, and eighth, and Tapia the ninth and tenth from 30-40. In the final set Tapia, who was serving, won the first game to love. Quist won the next three, and Tapia the fifth. Quist won the sixth to love, Tapia the seventh, Quist the eighth to 30. In the ninth game there were six deuces. Quist had difficulty at times with Tapia’s high bouncing ball, resulting in net faults. In the doubles J. H. Crawford and A. K. Quist (Australia) beat A. Unda and Hernandez (Mexico), 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. The match was a straight mid-court game. Crawford’s overhead smashes outclassed the Mexicans. JAPAN DEFEATED. CONTESTS WITH UNITED STATES. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. In the Davis Chip match between America and Japan, J. D. Budge (U.S.A.) defeated F. Nakano, 6/1, 6/1, 6/0. F. A. Parker (U.S.A.) beat Yamagishi, 6/3, 2/6, 8/6, 6/1. In the doubles Budge and Make (U.S.A.) defeated Yamagishi and Nakano, 6/0, 6/1, 0/4. mi