Tennis at Wimbledon

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 81, 27 June 1927, Page 9

Tennis at Wimbledon

BETTY IN THE FINAL EIGHT PERSONALITIES AND PLAY By Cable.--Press Association. —Copyright LONDON, Saturday. The absence from the tournament of Mdlle. Suzanne Lenglen has made no appreciable difference to the receipts, though it has robbed it of much of its theatrical atmosphere. The French champion’s obvious successor in personality is Spain s representative, Senorita. de Alvarez, whose tennis is as Spanish as her mannerisms. Her smile and the unexpected | features of her play make up to a certain extent for the absence oi Suzanne’s thrilling “fireworks.” Although up to now Miss Helen Wilis has only played in one inconsequential match she remains exasperatingly dour. The spectators gave her * great reception, but she walked off the court without giving them tne slightest recognition. IMPERTURBABLE TILDEN Miss Ryan grows more thin with each tournament, but she invariably has a cheerful word for her opponent at every change over. She conveys the impression that to her tennis after aU is a game, not the serious business the majority of the Wimbledon competitors’ make it. Miss Ryan is the only w oman who wears a sleeved sweater. So far Mrs. Godfree has provided the only splash of colour. She wears 4 royal blue hair-band and socks. The of her attire is plain white. The American champion, Tilden, is imperturbable and aggressive. He iqthe court carefully. He has a c uriouß way of drawing one "arm ac ros3 his face as he changes over, displays a funny little smile to r* e umpire and the spectators when ae misses a ball. rildeo had the French boy, Boussus, 41 4 veritable state of terror. WONDERFUL BETTY Miss Betty Nuthall Is, of course, the °st outstanding performer. Experts th® skill she displayed in her Sat with Mrs. Mallory was such S * l6 could have beaten even j-zanne. Her brilliant entrance into in the women’s singles ne< * a * the expense of a more ThY* nced yet less resourceful player. tbTJr Ct is that Mrs. Hill had to play etty decreed. m qJ”* in her ’teens has ever shown '•kttbledon courts such vicious MrsTrSf driv ®s from side to side, so wtA 1 , followed them till she was poweri - °ut of position that she was court ;T Ss a PProach a cunning half<W* or a flashing shot side-line. B Utinp.? airis to t>c seen whether Betty’s tor ?, Vals next week will permit Mil the t une or whether they q»in It off her underhand topthan ' Which is really harder British t^ ut hull was chosen for the *°men, eain to * >la y against American of the crowd I 8 comedian of the crowd, !? e keen* most popular player, trough e spectators amused all Th e sa his matches. it? xJ?* nty Player in the tourf r<^ lss Eileen Bennett, who 2*® and nduunc ased from a \ ul s~A. and batUe with Miss |