TENNIS
NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY TILDEN. New York, September 6. The match between Tilden and Johnston. tho holder of the national singles championship from last year, was won bv Tilden.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRILLIANT AND lIARD-FOUGHT MATCH.* , fficc. September 8, 0.5 a.m.) New York, September 7. Tennis experts agree that the TildenJohnstou mutch was one of the most brilliant, hardest fought, and most exactinsr contests ever 6taged on any court. Both players' nerves, were somewhat tested by an aeroplane accident in a nearbv field, two airmen who wished, to photograph the match being killed. Ten thousand spectators witnessed the con. test, which was stopped several times on account of rain. The scores were: 6—l, &-8. 7—5. 5—7, 7—3.—Av.s.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
("Tilden is the holder of the world's championship, having defeated Patterson (Australia), the previous holder, in the challenge round at Wimbledon.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 7
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