TENNIS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1925, Page 3

TENNIS.

[Australia A N.Z. table Association.] NEW YORK. Sept. 19. Tib ten t>-da\ won the .Nat ionn.l Tennis Singles lor the sixth time, heating .bilmston -I —ti, 11 9, l> J, -I— b. ti :i. in a. sensational battle lasting nearlv three hours. The main teatures were the. baseline driving and the extended rallies. Tildcn’s back-hand was brilliant, and was also .I'ulntsUm’s torehaml. .lolinsLiui v.as to the set point three times in the second set. In the third set Tildeu was superior, Johnston shoeing signs ol tiredness, but he improved. In the fourth Tildeu eas iresher throughout the closing stages and took early control in the last set. It wax a brilliant display and was witnessed by a record crowd oi twelve thousand. E. M. If. EISII Ell’S VIEWS. (Received this day at Mbit) a.in.) LONDON, September 20. Air F. M. IL Fisher, the New Zealander, declares the English tennis player’s lack the bright, alert and vivacious sparkle, which is inseparable from, hard hitting play. What does it mailer il 1 hoy serve occasional double faults; it is not a crime. Air Fisher bad seen I’atterson serve six double faults in a single game; yet win the game. It was audacious am] ferociously impudent tennis, but his storming taeties broke the enemy defence. There seemed to be a reign of terror among tlie English players, wlm were afraid to adopt the hard hitting habit.