DAVIS CUP MATCH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2468, 17 August 1922, Page 1

DAVIS CUP MATCH.

GREAT GAME IN DOUBLES. AUSTRALIA DEFEATS FRANCE. NEW”'YORK, Aug. 12. In iho Davis Cup match, Patterson and O’Hara YYoodl (Australia) defeated Gobert and Cochet (France) 6-0, 6-8, 4-5, 6-3, 10-8. The Australians won the first- game with the loss of one stroke oil’ Patterson’s service. the second game with the loss of two strokes, and the third to love. Wood’s arm appeared in good condition and Patterson played! powerfully and confidently. The fourth the Australians took after deuce had been called twice and the fifth with the loss of a stroke. The sixth game they also won, this time to love, and took the set 6-0.

In the second set the Australians again won the first game, but the Frenchmen took the second and third, in each instance with the loss of two The next two went to Patterson and Wood, and the sixth to the Frenchmen afer many deuces. The Australians took the. seventh and eighth, making the games 5-3. Winning the ninth, tenth and eleventh games, £ho Frenchmen gained the lead 6-5. Both teams were playing fast games and Gobert’s service was working smoothly. Cochet appeared to be tired and was growing somewhat wild!, but. although the Australians won the twelfth after three deuces, the French pair took the thirteenth and foureenth, and the set, 8-6. Franco won the first two games in the third set, and then each pair took a love game. Australia won the fifth. Gobert, as he did yesterday, fell twice heavily and was badly shaken. A sharp . breeze was blowing over the court, and playing tricks with the balls. The teams at this stage appeared evenly matched. France won the sixth after a deuce and Australia the seventh with a single deuce. The eighth went lo France with the loss of one stroke, and the ninth to Australia in a similar manner. France won the tenth after deuce had been called! twice, and the set. 6-4.

The fourth set quickly materialised info a hard-hitting contest. The Australians won the first game and France the second, each losing two strokes. In the. third game douce was called before Patterson and! Wood won it. The Frenchmen retaliated with a. love game and the Australians took the fifth with the loss of two strokes. Tito sixth was again a love game in favour of the Frenchmen, who were considerably freshened by the rest period, Australia, wort the seventh with the loss of one stroke and their took a love game. Cochet, suddenly weakened, netting tour balls in succession, and! Australia won the ninth game to love, and the set, 6-3. In the fifth set the Frenchmen showed that their stamina was returning, and they struggled strongly. They won tho first, second and third games, and Australia won the fourth, fifth and sixth, the last two with dleuces, after the game had stood love-40 against, them. The Australians were now playing with great speed and the Frenchmen were unable to handle their returns. Patterson anil Wood won tho seventh, with the loss of a stroke, and France won the eighth after a deuce, t o chet was visibly tired, and Gobert covered the court for him. France won the ninth game to love, the Australians the tenth, after deuce, and France the eleventh io low Both teams were now on their toes, and the excitement of the spectators was intense. The Australians won the twelfth game with the loss ot one stroke. France won the thirteenth with tho loss ol two strokes Australia won the fourteenth, and Franco the fifteenth, this time after deuce had been called: amir Australia took the sixteenth after having lost one stroke. The teams were visibly weary. Australia won tho seventeenth after deuce had been called, and the, deciding game after three deuces. Rain at Boston has caused, the postponement of Davis Cup play till Monday. Tho Spanish Davis Cup team has arrived. Jose Alonzo declared ho was not afraid of the French, but doubtful of bis ability to conquer the Australians.—A. and N.Z. cable.