BUDGE ON TOP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 276, 20 November 1937, Page 4

BUDGE ON TOP

LEADING TENNIS PLAYER VIEWS OF NORMAN BROOKES There is no doubt in the mind of Mr. Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, Melbourne, that Budge, the American, is No. 1 in the world tennis rankings, says the Herald. Mr. Brookes and his wife passed through Auckland from Los Angeles recently, accompanied oy Miss Dorothy Bundy and Miss Dorothy Workman, two Californian women tennis players whom he considers should before long be in the front rank. . At the present time von Cramm and Henkel, both Germans, are in Japan, but towards the end of this month they will leave for Australia. Similarly, Budge and Mako have arranged to catch the Monterey on her next trip south to arrive at Sydney on November 29, in time for the Victorian tennis championships and to give a few exhibition matches. Both Budge and Mako were nearly exhausted with playing, said Mr. Brookes, and would welcome the spell of a sea voyage. It was not likely that they would play in New Zealand, and when they left Sydney by the Monterey on February 4*they would make an uninterrupted passage to America. As the Australian tennis championships did not finish until the end of January, Mr. Brookes said, it would be impossible for them to break their journey at Auckland. Moreover, they would need a good rest before the tennis season began again in their own country. “I promised the American Lawn Tennis Association that I would do my best to see they were not over-played or subjected to too much travel,” he added. Promising Players ' Miss Bundy, who is 21, and Miss Workman, who is 23, are two of the leading junior players in the United States, for whom great futures as I tennis players are forecast by Mr. ! Brookes. They played exhibition games | at the Stanley Street courts while in I Auckland, and attracted a great deal of attention. Misses Workman and Bundy played i a friendly match against the Aucki landers, N. G. Sturt and A. D. Brown. Three sets were decided, the home players being successful, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Sturt and Brown were in good form

for so early in the season, the latter’s overhead work being especially good. The visitors were out of touch a .'itt.'e, bu- improved considerably as the play I progressed. i Features of the ladies’ play were I that they adopted the same style as men and hit equally as haref. In spite I of their splendid volleying, the visitors j were often unable to cope with many ! splendid placements by their oppon- | ents. Miss Workman had a particularly fine service, being fairly fast and accurate, while her volleying was a treat to watch. Miss Bundy was strong on the forehand and her ground shots were more effective than those of her opponents. A combined set was played between Brown and Miss Workman and Sturt and Miss Bundy. All the players had found touch by this time and the whole set was marked by splendid rallies, both at the net and on the backline. Brown and Miss Workman won, 6-2. The play was watched by Mr. Ndc- | man Brookes and officials of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association. Tennis in Family Dorothy Bundy is a talented young player of great possibilities, and it would not be surprising if she soon , repeats her mother’s successes in winning the championships of England and the United States. The Bundy family has sport, and particularly tennis, in the blood. Mrs. Bundy's three sisters were famous in ’ sport. Thomas C. Bundy was doubles champion of the United States with Maurice E. McLoughlin in 1912, 1913, . and 1914. And Dorothy Bundy’s ■ cousin, John H. Doeg, won the United ■ States singles championship in 1930.