GIRL TENNIS CHAMPION.

Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16174, 27 December 1924, Page 13 (Supplement)

GIRL TENNIS CHAMPION.

BETTY NUTHALL AGED 13. Miss Betty Nuthall, who is only 13 years and four montlis old, and has won all the junior lawn tennis competitions for which she has enlered, carried oil" the British junior championship recently. It-nearly always happens that Miss Nuthall is the youngest player in these competitions, as the age limit is under 18—yet Miss Nuthall wins with ease (states the "Daily Mail"). Miss Nuthalls fore-hand drives are the basis of her game. They compare favourably with those of our very best

players. She meets the ball with the full face of her racquet, and strikes it hard and accurately. Miss Nuthalls backhand is very safe, but as yet not as severe as her forehand, while her service is a fast underhand. When she is older Miss Nuthall intends to develop the overhand service.

In both kinds of doubles game Miss Nuthall volleys when her partners are serving. Her one apparent weakness is that she fails frequently on short, length strokes, but time will increase her speed of foot, which will allow her to reach a ball that is short.

Miss Nuthall remains unspoiled by the favourable criticisms she receives in the Press. There is not one element of "side" in her nature, which is frank, and pleasant. She possesses an ideal temperament for the game and is an example to many more experienced players in the way she receives adverse decisions of the umpire with a good grace. What with her aptitude for the game and her temperament, Miss Nuthall should within a few years create a record equal to that of the famous Mile. Lenglen.