CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS
(Press Assn.-
I N. SMITH BE'ATEN STEDMAN, N.Z. CHAMPION, EXTENDED TO FIVE SETS MAORI PLAYER'S EFFORT
— By Telegraph — Copvrightl.
AUCKLAND, Tuesday The New Zealand Tennis championships were co.ntinu.e.d to-day in beautifully. fine w.qather. ..Good p.rogress was made ip. all sections. There was a . large attend.ance. The pr.esence of ,the New South Wajes ladies lent ..additipnal interest to the events jn their .seqtion. There were no surprises .in the first round of the. mep's. singles, although in one or two . instance.s promipent player? were fully exte.nded, This was nqtably , the case in the match fietween Stedman, the New Zealand campion and Smith, the Rotorua champion. . This match went the fpll . fiye sets, and, it was only in the last ' two that Stedman showed his super- • iority, .the scores being: 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, ; 6-1, 6-1. . ' ; Patteraon, a . seeded player, frqm ! Canterbury,,. was also extepded tp fiye ! sets in his first.round with Jones, the l Maori exponent. Patters.on wa? suffering from fqot i troub.le and this hampered his movements somewhat. He was defeated by I ' 1— L- — i
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 January 1932, Page 5
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