LAWN TENNIS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 310, 31 December 1914, Page 2

LAWN TENNIS.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. Per Press Association. Dunedin, December 30. Tiie New Zealand championship ten. nis tournament commenced to-day in splendid weather. Results:— MEN’S SINGLES. First Round.—Pearse beat Wilding, 6—l, 6—o, 6—2.

Second Round.—Wilkie beat Bray, 2—6, 6—o, 3—6, 7—5, 6—3; Dickie beat S. N. Brown, 6—o, 6—2, 5-r-7, o_B, 6—3; Ollivier beat Nicholson, o—o, 6—l, 6—2; Wallace beat Borrows, I—6, 11—9, 6—l, 6—3; Jennings beat Seay, 6—l, 6—l, 6—2; Harraway beat Fathers, 6—2, 9—ll, 2—6, I—2 (Fathers retired), LADIES’ SINGLES. First Round.—Miss Hughes beat Miss Jackson, 6—l, 6—3; Miss Brewster beat Miss Black, 6—l, 6—3; Miss Campbell beat Miss Duthie, 6—l, 0—0; Mrs Nagle beat Miss Ensor, 6—4, 6—l, MEN’S DOUBLES. First Round.—Ollivier and Wilding beat Pearse and Goss, 6—2, 6—2, 6—3; Dickie and Wallace beat Brown Bros, 6—2, 6—3, 7—5; Borrows and Seay beat Harraway and McDougall, 6—{), 6—4, 6—l; Nicholson and Jennings beat Bray and Wilkie, 6—4, 6—2, 6—l. . ' LADIES’ DOUBLES. First Round.—Misses White and Black beat Misses Cook and Jackson, 6 — 2, 6 — 3. Second Round.—Misses Gray and Baird beat Mrs Nagle and Miss Hughes,. 6—3, 6—l. COMBINED DOUBLES. First Round.—Goss and Miss Baird beat R. S. Brown and Miss Cramond, 6—B, B—6, 6—4.