DEFEAT OF JACK CRAWFORD
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS SENSATION Reed. 6 p.m. Adelaide, Jan. 23. By defeating Jack Crawford in the men’s singles, Max Bonner, of Victoria, caused a first major upset in the Australian tennis championships. Bonner won 10-8, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, He has now entered the quarter-finals with Quist, Pails, Brown, Harper, Brodie, Hopman and Bromwich. Bonner and Crawford both relied on their accuracy of ground stroking. A protracted first set, in which at times the ball crossed the not 50 to 60 times before a point was decided, probably sealed '.he fate of the match. Crawford began to tiro, but Bonner maintained a. steady play throughout, giving nothing away. This is the first limo since 1926 that Craw-fcrcl has failed to roach a quarter-final in any Australian championship tournament, national or Stalo. Bonner will play Quist in the quar-ter-linn is.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 20, 24 January 1946, Page 7
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