TENNIS.
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AUCKLAND, December 30. Lawn Tennis Handicap Tournament finals:— Men’s Singles—-Smart heat Clarke 5-3, 0-3. Men’s Doubles Hunter and Stuart beat Grant and Nicholson 0-2. 0-3. •Combined Doubles.—Steele and Miss Maxwell heat Western and Miss Bryant 7-3. 1-0, L-0. CHRISTCHURCH. Decern,her 30. Ti e finals and senii-linals were reached in tile New Zealand tennis championships. The weather is very hot with a rising nor'-wester which promises to prevail and possibly interfere with the pla.v. The first match finished was girls junior filial in which Dulcie Nicholls (holder for two years) beat Margaret Gibson (Timaru). The Auckland girl lost her load at 1-3 in the first set, but by court craft and drawing her opponent in and out managed to win the first set by a narrow margin. Then she settled down to win 0-9,
Mallroy won the hoy-' championship easily enough, but Lucas fought hard and took the second sci. Il was extraordinary good tennis and showed the value of the Wellington coaching, system. Results: — Girls’ Singles (final). —Dulcie N’ieholls heat Margaret Gibson 6-5. 6-0. Boys’ Singles (filial).—Mallroy beat Lucas 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Ladies’ Singles (semi-final). —Airs Scott heat Marjorie Alaofarlane* 4-6. 6-1, 6-3.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1925, Page 3
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203TENNIS. Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1925, Page 3
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