BUDGE OUTSTANDING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 183, 5 July 1937, Page 7

BUDGE OUTSTANDING

TRIPLE SUCCESS. WIMBLEDON FINALS. MISS ROUND'S GOOD WIN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 4. The oustanding feature of the tennis finals at Wimbledon was the fact that the American, Donald Budge, in addition to winning the men’s championship, also was one of the winning pair in the men’s and the mixed doubles. Miss Dorothy Round won the women’s title. WOMEN’S SINGLES. In the women’s singles final Miss Round won tile first set comiortably, though she found the Pole's dropsiiots worrying.

A bunch of aces figured in Mile Jedzrejowska’s 2—l lead in tile second set. She also out-manoeuvred Miss Round in close play. Her own double faults wore responsible for Miss Round being down I—4. Mile Jedzrejowska, profiting from her backhand, captured the set. Botli began the third set by losing service. Miss Round, with a sudden burst of brilliant and severe driving, went to a 2—l lead, but over-driving and a double fault by the English player gave the Pole a 3—2 lead. Miss Round, unable to cope with drop-shots, was behind 2—4, but she saved the vital seventh game with the help of an ace, and levelled the score at 4—4. M iss Round held service, and better placements gave her a lead of 5—4, but the Pole evened. Miss Round took the lead at 6—5 with a love game. Mile Jedzrejowska went to pieces in the next game and suffered the tamest of defeats. MEN’S DOUBLES. Bulge and Mako did as they liked in tlie first set of the men’s doubles final, winning it in 10 minutes. The British pair led 2—o in the second set, but tlie Americans, playing with gieater severity and steadiness, levelled the score at 4—4, and went ahead to win the set 6—4.

The standard of play was disappointing, long rallies being rare, largely because of the Americans’ more incisive volleying and better combination. Budge dominated play and seemed impregnable. Tlie Americans, without being pressed, went to a 3—l. lead in the third set,’ but the British pair made a surprising recovery to level at 5—5 and 6—6. They broke through Mako’s service for iv 7—6 lead, and. amid tremendous excitement, won the set B—6. Tuckey served and volleyed grandly. The" fourth set was a repetition of the first. The Americans rattled up a 4—o lead before Budge lost his service. After this the Americans riddled tho Englishmen. THE OTHER FINALS.

The women’s doubles filial was an affair of grim duels at amazing pace. Mesdames King and Pittman wilted in the later stages. , . Chief interest in the mixed doubles final was as to whether Budge could achieve the triple crown. His superiority over Petra, backed up by Miss Marble’s subjugation of Mme Mathieu, early indicated a foregone conclusion. In the men’s plate singles final Salnn (U 8. A.) beat N. G. Farquharson (South Africa) 2—6, 6—o, 6—3. Details: — WOMEN’S SINGLES. (Holder: Miss H. Jacobs, U.S.A.) Miss D. E. Round (Great Britain) beat Mile J. Jedzrejowska (Poland), 6—2, 2—6, 7—5. MEN’S DOUBLES. (Holders: G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey, Great Britain.) J. D. Budge and C. G. Mako (U.S.A.) beat G. P. Hughes and C. 11. D. Tuckey (Great Britain), 6—o, 6—4, 6—B, 6—l. WOMEN’S DOUBLES. (Holders: Misses F. James and K. E. Stammers, Great Britain.) Mme R. Mathieu (France) and Miss A. M. York© (Great Britain) beat Mesdames M. E. King and J. B. Pittman (Great Britain). 6—3, 6—3. MIXED DOUBLES. (Holders: F. J. Perry and Miss D. E. Round, Great Britain.) J. D. Budge and Miss A. Marble (U.S.A.) beat Y. Petra and Mme R. Mathieu (France), 6—4, 6—l.

BUDGE’S SUCCESSES. ,T. Donald Badge, who was born in 1916 and is about seven years younger than von Crainm (the German whom he beat, who will be 23 on July 7), has established himself as the most formidable young player in the world in the past two years. H 6 gained his first win over Perry at the age of 18 in one of the Pacific Coast tournaments where the Englishman used to compete between his major events in both hemispheres. He has now won His first singles final at Wimbledon, but has been in the final lour for the last three seasons. In 1935 he beat Austin and entered the semi final where von Crainm won 4—6, 6—4, 6—3, 6—2, but- turned the tables on von Cramin in the inter-zone final of the Davis Cup, winning o—6, 9—7, B—6,8 —6, 6 —3, and also beat Ilenkel in four sets. Last season Budge heal Quisl in entering the Wimbledon semi-final hut was defeated there by Perry 5—7, 6 —4, 6 3, 6—4 In the Davis Cup match that year Budgo beat both Quist and Crawford in the singles but lost to Crawford and Quist in the doubles, in which his partner was Gone Mako, after leading by two sets to love. This year Budge won all his Davis Cup matches against the Australians, losing only one set. Von Crainm did not compete in' the French championships this season, resting for the big engagements ahead. Budge, however, apparently has not been exerting himself overmuch in his matches in the United States and was seeded ahead of von Crainm by the Wimbledon committee.