TENNIS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1928, Page 1

TENNIS.

AUSTRALIANS DEFEATED.

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

(Received this day at <? a.m.) NEAV YORK ,Sept. 1. At Forest Hills Doeg and Coen defeated Higgs and Collins 4—6, 6—2 6—3. Aan Ryu—Austin and Gregory Hunter matches were played at Forest Hills. NEAV YORK, September 1. 11l the mixed doubles at Brookline, Hawkes and Miss Helen AVills defeated Borotrn and Miss Morrill 6-2 6-1, in tho final Hawkes and Miss AVills defeated Moon and Miss Edith Cross 6- 6-3. In the final of the doubles, Lott and Hennessey defeated Patterson and Hawkes 6-2 6-1, 6-2. A’nn Ryn defeated Austin' (England) 6-0, 2-6, 6-5. Gregory (England) defeated Hunter 7- 6-4. At Forest Hills in the first international match to-day Allison defeated Edward Higgs (Britain) 6-1, 61. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) NEAA’ YORK, September 3.

The Australian’s defeat to-day constituted one of the strangest upsets in the history of American tennis. Patterson and Hawkes were brilliant in the doubles throughout the European season and brilliant throughout the play in the American season and had seemed assured of winning the doubles championshp, but it took only 42 minutes for the Australians to defeat themselves, in a match, which, upon analysis, seems to defy every logical element in tennis form. The first set shows that both teams made the same number of placement aces and service aces, but the Australians made eight more errors than the Americans. The second set, which had not a single game at deuce, shows that the Americans made four more earned points than the Australians and ten less errors. The third set indicates the Australians made four more errors than the American, but the latter'made seven more earned- points. ' The first set was won by a margin of seven points, 'the second by fifteen, and the third by thirteen. The whole 'match had only 'three deuce games.

The Americans, in short, literally overwhelmed their opponents on the basis of a complete reversal of form. Patterson was fighting hard. He started the third set with four serves that the Americans could not find with their racquets, but the next five games were taken by the Americans at' a whirlwind pace when they angled their shots and smashed returns with full, sweeping forehand and back hand drives that they seemed to touch with an uncanny accuracy. They kept the ball in play at all costs, and when they were on the defensive and compelled to loh hack Patterson’s overhead smashes, their returns were always within the back line but near it. Hawkes won the seventh game when it stood at match point on his own service, but it was all over when Lott’s service gained the deciding game at love. Miss Wills and Hawkes won the natonnl mixed doubles championship, defeating Miss Cross and Moon. NEW YORK, September 1.

11l the first set Lott pulled his service out to win the first game by 5-3, and Hawkes curving service gave the Australians the second to love, but thereafter the debacle began. Hennessey won the third, 4-1, catching the Australians flat-footed with his burning service. Patterson lost his service to give the Americans a 3-1 lead which they improved to 4-1 on Lott’s service. Hawkes for a brief moment halted the American’s advance, his twisting swerve forcing the latter into errors and making the score 4-2. The seventh game hung in the balance when the Americans trailed ln-40 on Hennessey’s service, but they pulled it out of the game, doing deuce thrice. This seemed to disrupt the Australians play. Patterson lost the eighth game and the set on his own service, hut through Hawkes’s nets outs. The second sot was an exact repetition of the first set for the first two games, hut thereafter the Australians could only win three points in the next five games. The Americans were on thoir game, hut it was not that alone that was giving them the victory. The Australians were faulty in all departments and repetitions in finding of net and areas behind the base line spelled defeat.