TENNIS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1928, Page 1

TENNIS

TI[.DEN’S VIEWS. Australian Press Assn. —United Service NEW YORK, May 15 Tilden, commenting on Italy’s defeat of the Australasian tennis team, said that Patterson and Crawford had not bad time to adjust themselves to tlie tennis surfaces or climatic conditions of Italy, and that was largely responsible for their defeat. ■ He declared that had they got- to Daly earlier and hail an opportunity to play a few weeks more on the. local courts, they would have been a tough nut to crack. He stated that he did not believe the Italian players would he as effective against the Americans as they were against the Australians, because they would not bo playing on their own courts, hut in France. He said that De Morpurgo was an exceptionally good player, but was not at his best anywhere hut- in Italy. Tilden held up the fate of the- Australians as a warning of what is in store when they play at Wimbledon after competing for months on clay courts. “I will he surprised,” he, says, “if there is a singlo American player left in. the men’s •singles at the end of the first week’s play.”