TENNIS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18791, 28 May 1923, Page 7

TENNIS.

r ANDERSON OUTPLAYS PATTERSON I A BRILLIANT VICTORY. . Bv his t victory over Gerald Patterson on Saturday last, at Ru-h- | cutters Bay courts. J. O. Anderson I fitauds supreme in Australian lawn ten-I ids. And from the manner of game lie displayed be may larly claim that lie. is now the player next after the two champions o* America. M. T. 1 ihle-n and W. M. Jolinstor. (says a Sydney writer last week). Anderson 3- feared latterton on grass' courts in three straight sets, and d ir- ■ ir.g the whole march there was not the slightest doubt oi his supremacy. It was masterly play, for the winner, . light through, played his own chosen game, and i. ver swerved from it. Hal based his tactics on his splendid driv- ' ing. and was never turned from Ids 1 choice by any cl the -light turns of the j wheel or for tune Slight, indeed, they i were, for Patterson was nyver allowed ■ to look like a winner. It was fitting this should l>e so for ’ several reasons, the chief one being ’ that Anderson is to leave for America . with the Aus T .r das»an team next Thurs-I day by the J?..M.S. Makura. ami it is I well that he should leave with the ini- i pressmen t of this victory behind him. I He has beaten Patterson for the fourth time out of six matches, and this will help him against the fine Japanec-e players. At the end of the day Patterson expressed himself as quite satisfied that Anderson had beaten, him fairly. “He i; the better man,” he said quite simply. THE STANDARD OF PLAY. All round the ground afterward l the feeling was that Patterson had played very badly; but I cannot agree that this was so to a. great extent. Though I do not think Patterson was right up to concert pitch, I am of opinion that the play shown by Patterson would fave defeated convincingly any other player in Australia except Anderson No other player could have handled his terrific services anything like so well. No one else could have got his severe chops back, and made winning aces in reply. WEAK PLAY IN THE DOUBLES The doubles were of the nature of sn anti-climax. Anderson was clearly already satisfied with his day’s work. He hung back out of position, and when he did intercept dashingly, it was almost always at the wrong moment, and in front of a partner who was playing » better game than himself. O’Hara Mood showed the perfection of doubles play, save that he was just a bit lazy in gettiug right in on his services; but he was winning comfortably. He was the master at his case. Sieler played by far the best doubles game ever seen from him. He was nearly always right close in. in good position, and at times, as Patterson said afterwards, he jumped in when he was not expected to, and won brilliantly. His overspin drives got the ball to his opponents’ toes in splendid fashion, and several times he had sharp , interchanges of close volleying with O’Hara M ood, perhaps the best in the world at this branch, and emerged almost on level terms, on the whole; but not quite. A DAVIS CUP MAN. Sieler, however, must get a better | service. Either more pace, or prefer- | ably more chop to keep the ball low on ; the rebound. If Sieler continues to improve in tac- j tics as he has in the last three months, j 1 h© will soon earn the right "to go away ' v. ith any Davis Cup team Australasia i may send. His smashing was deadly, and it is a wonder that a player who smashes so well has not got a better service. Patterson did not play well, for him. He also hung too far back • but lie was I winning easily enough. The less of i even- one of Sieler’s service games was | too much of a burden for the N S. i ■ Males pair. I In thp mixed doubles game between j Henderson and Miss Lance anti Clem- 1 enger ami Mrs Utz the ladies played well as did Uloiienger. Henderson was patchy and below iorm. O’HARA M OOD EXCELS. -Tn the singles match between O’Hara M ood and Sieler the latter played well for throe sets, and then tired, owing to lack of hard pr.u me. He failed also to notice in the last set that Mood was , rushing right m io the net to cut off j tho passing strokes that had been win-1' inngintlu previous sets. It Sieler had 1 ' tosse<l he would have checked Wood’s ■ rushes and made openings for his own j passing strokes again: but possibly he’: was too tire ’ to think this out. ■ ■ - <