TENNIS FINAL

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 20889, 22 August 1939, Page 6

TENNIS FINAL

AMERICAN DOUBLES QUIST AND BROMWICH WIN I FELLOW AUSTRALIANS BEATEN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 22, 1 p.m.) BOSTON, August 21 A. K. Quist and J. Bromwich (Australia) beat H. Hopman and J. B. Crawford (Australia) in the final of the American national doubles championship, B—6, 6 —l, 6—4. It was the first all-foreign final in the 58 years’ history of the tourney and tho doubles title goes j overseas for the first time since i Norman Brookes and Gerald Patj terson won it in 1919. j The four players are members of I Australia’s Davis Cup team and the ) victory to Bromwich and Quist strengthens the belief that they will be too strong for America’s best pair when the teams meet in the challenge round of the Davis Cup. Comment On Play Crawford entered the match in poor shape due to a recurrence of his athlete's foot. Twelve hundred attended the match, a better crowd than expected. Quist and Bromwich did not play to their peak of the past week, resulting in sume speculation as to whether they are stalling before the next fortnight's more important contests. Despite tho score the match was close all the way, with most games going to deuce. llopinan, serving in the crucial tenfh game in the first set, had set point, hut Crawford outed his smash and the set was deuced. Hopman's service was finally broken in the 14 th game, again after staving off the final point twice. Women’s Final In the women’s doubles final Miss Marble and Mrs Fabyan defeated Miss Stammers and Miss Ilammersley, 7—5, B — 6. ADRIAN QUIST GLAD ACHIEVEMENT IN DOUBLES EVERY TITLE IN THE WORLD Press. Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 22, 3.50 p.m.) BOSTON, August 21 Adrian Quist told the Australian Associated Press: "1 am glad 1 won today, because now I have shared in winning every major doubles title in the world, the German with Enrique Mail’ in 1935, the French with Crawford in 1934, the English with Crawford in 1935, and the Australian for the last four years.”