TENNIS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 227, 7 September 1933, Page 7

TENNIS

FOREST HILLS STRUGGLE AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION. McGrath has little OPPOSITION. (By TelegrapS—Pr«M Awn.—CopyrlfhtJ (Received 7, 11.10 a.m.) FOREST HILLS, Sept. 8. In the United States men’s singlee championship Vines defeated Avory 6—3, 7—5, 6—l. In the third round Perry defeated Marco Hecht (New York), 6—l, 6—4, 6—4; Allison defeated Van Ryn, 4—6, 4—6, 6—l, 6—4, 6 —2; Ryosuka Nunoi defeated Lott, 5— I—6, 6—l, 6—2; Crawford defeated Jack Tidball (California), 6—2, 6— 8, 6—2, 7—5; Shields defeated Turnbull, 6—3, B—6, 6—3. McGrath’s opponent, Davenport Young, the son of the president of the West Side Tennis Club, was incapacitated by a sprained arm, which softened his service and made his returns defensive. Whatever competition he offered occurred in the second set when, breaking the Australian’s service in the first game, he dropped the next four, taking only four points, yet came back to even the score by winning the following three games with tricky chop shots that failed to risa. He, however, lapsed badly in the two final games, losing the ninth to love and netting almost every shot in the tenth. SHIELDS v. TURNBULL. In the Shields-Turnbull game both men hammered each other with their cannonball service and neither was able to return the same until the fourth game, when, although Turnbull made his service an ace, he netted and outed Shields’ defensive returns te lose the service. This gave the American a 3—2 lead, which the Australian did not long allow. He returned Shields’ delivery with long drives and evened the score at 4—4, but Shields was now unbeatable and won the next two games to love. Turnbull went into a 3—l lead in the second set by accounting for Shields’ service in the fourth game, with some fine angled shots. He was within a point of breaking the American’s service in the sixth game but the latter fought a hard deuce game at the net to win. The Australian, however, was unable to maintain the pace and netted his way through the next two games, which evened the score at 4—4. The men then fought for the advantage until the thirteenth, when Shields broke Turnbull's service with magnificent placements and went into a lead that spelled a win of the set in the next game on his own service. In the third set. Shields, having staved off the threat in the second set, now proceeded to finalise his victory as quickly as possible and literally drove Turnbull off the courts with the force of his stroking. The American secured a 3 —l, lead which he later improved to 4—2 and 5—3, then rat out the set on Turnbull’s service. CRAWFORD MEETS RESISTANCE. Crawfod met unexpected resistauca from Tidball, the American intercollegiate champion. After breezing through the first set with an almost errorless score Crawford lost a long-drawn-out second set through repeated net errors and his opponent’s hard driving game. The only games Crawford lost in the first set were the fifth and sixth. Tidball seemed a little awed by his opponent. Crawford in the second set was first careless and then unable to control his return of Tidball’s fast deliveries. Tidball non the first game in the second tet, then the fourth, fifth and sixth on Crawford’* net errors and his own fast placements. Crawford won the seventh and eighth games aud then they see-sawed back and forth until they tied at the twelfth. Tidball took his own service in the thirteenth, then after Crawford’s two out errors and a double fault Tidball broke his opponent’s service and won game and set with a fast placement. The third set was a repetition of the first, Crawford losing but two games with the minimum of errors throughout. In the fourth set, after many of the spectators had left the stands thinking the match virtually over, Tidball made a sensational rally, winning the first, second, third, fifth and seventh games to take a 5—2 lead. Crawford’s play was spotty until the start of the eighth game, wherein Crawford won his own service and clicked off five straight games in some of the most brilliant tennis of the tournament, Tidball being completely unable to handle Crawford’s returns. QUIST WINS. McAuliffe, playing against Quist, proved threatening only in the third set, when he quickly went to a 2 —l lead on a break in Quist’s service. The American improved this gradually to 5 —4. He was set point several times, only to have Quist pull the game out at B—6 in points to even the score at 5—5. The games then alternated with the service until McAuliffe dropped his in the thirteenth, which advantage the Australian improved by winning the fourteenth on his own service although McAuliffe succeeded in deucing it once.