TENNIS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 June 1933, Page 5

TENNIS

1 WIMBLEDON TOURNEY. LONDON, Tuesday. Play in the Wimbledon tennis tournament was continued in hot sunshine, and the courts were fast. Further results in the second round of the men’s singles were as follow: — Turnbull (Australia) defeated Sertorio (Italy), 6/3, 6/4, 6/2. Vines (UjS.A.)' defeated England (Britain), 6/1, 4/6, 7/5, 6/1. Lee (Britain) defeated Fisher (Britain), 6/8, 6/3, 6/3, 6/3. Hughes (Britain) defeated R. Ritchie (Britain), 6/3, 6/4, 6/8, 6/4. Gentien (France) defeated von Kehrling (Hungary), 5/7,, 6/2, 6/8, 6/1, 7/5. Cochet (France) defeated Tuckey (Britain), 4/6, 6/2, 6/1, 6/4. Satoh (Japan) defeated Harris ('Britain), 6/3, 6/3, 7/5. Prenn (Germany), von Cramm (Germany), Mild (Japan), and de Stefani (Italy) entered the third round.

The first tro-und of the women’s singles commenced to-day. Results are as follow: —/Miss Thomas (Britain) beat Miss Wilson, 6/0, 6/3. 'Mrs. Godfree (Britain) beat Mdlle. ißosambert (France), o/-7, 6/2, 6/4. Miss Scriven (Britain) defeated Mdlle. Sigart (Belgium),. 7/5,; 7/5. ' Misses Ridley .(Britain) , 'Stammers (Britain), > ■ Jacobs-' (UjS.A.), Jedrze Jowska (Poland), Nuthall (Britain), and Mme. Mathieu (France) entered the second rourfd, and Mrs WillsMoody (U.S.A.) won her second round match easily. FURTHER RESULTS. (Received Thursday, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Wednesday. The following were among to-day’s outstanding results at Wimbledon: — Singles, third round: Crawford (Australia) defeated ‘Gentien (France), 6/3, 6/4, 8/6 Lee (Britain) defeated McGrath (Australia), 6/4, 6/3, 6/1; Stedman (New Zealand) defeated Condon (South Africa), 9/11, 6/3, 6/2, 5/7, 6/3; Jones (America) defeated Robbins 7/5, 6/2, 11/9; Cochet (France) defeated Burwell (America), 2/6, 6/4, 6/3, 5/7, 6/3. Doubles, first round: Quist and Turnbull (Australia) defeated Vines and Gledhill (America), 4/6, 5/7, 6/2, 6/4, 6/2.