TENNIS ALL THE YEAR.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 76, 24 October 1913, Page 2

TENNIS ALL THE YEAR.

Hard court tennis is to he the great winter vogue in England as well a.s in Europe. The Duke of Westminister .'lias just had a hard court laid down at the back of Grosvonor House—the most exclusively sditua,ted hard court in the ■world—and the, orders generally. for hard courts are s oirtimerous that a :' single firm which specialises in this .'tyjpe of court lias made: nearly COO "in the, Jaist tlirfee or four years; "'lt is no exaggeration to say that ■during the present' year hard courts 'haivci 'been made' in England' ill hunf.dredSj and we are expecting a great many applications for hard-court tournaments. during .the coming, sea* son," said Mr B. Sabelli, secretary of the. Eaiwn Tennis Association; in an interview on 3rd September. "-The grass season, which has been very successful.. closes with Septembei*, Eastbourne and Hyde tournaments practically ringing the curtain down on grass lawn tennis for thee present year. The hard court 'seaison, which is in this icountry of recent growth, begins when the grass season ends and lasts until .the .ending of April, thus making tennis as the, result an insistent popular' demand an aU-the-year-iround sport. '"Apart from other advantages, the hard court is considered to be a ver yexcellent training ground. The gajnoi is fasted* and more accurate tbjan on grass, and the players acquire, vigorous. style- In £%%, toeing accustomed to playing on $ ferd ioourfc- prohjabTy-' accounts - f<£r »thVbrilliant style- o? the p%&&-' * returned''from* < notjiiT on* #h«i'eLp^e^4aj^