Betty Nuthall Beaten

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 11

Betty Nuthall Beaten

Tennis Champions at Wimbledon Mrs. Godfree Also Vanquished By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 11.40 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday MISS NUTHALL’S runaway career was stopped by Miss Joan Fry in a most sensational match. The centre court was packed to overflowing’.

Betty, the obvious favourite, captured the first set comfortably, after leading four love, though Miss Fry’s service and placing were so often faulty that Miss Nuthall's task was easy. CHANGE OF TACTICS ' In the second set Miss Fry altered her tactics, hitting harder, and placing accurately to the sidelines. After levelling the set at three all she forced Miss Nuthall into errors, and the latter started to drive out. Her service, also, was weakening. Miss Fry maintained the severity of her attack in the final set, when she served with twice her former force and accuracy, running Miss Nuthall all over the court. The crowd, in sympathy with the younger girl, maintained a gloomy silence, but when she was two down a fine service effort, whereby she recovered to three all, was greeted with cheers. A service ace put Miss Fry ahead again, amid tremendous excitement, and she was thereafter irresistible. Miss Ryan’s victory over the champion, Mrs. Godfree, was simply a matter of tactics. After running her from side to side, she then dropped across a half-court shot as a clincher. Nevertheless, it was one of Mrs. Godfree’s off-days. Miss Fry next meets Miss Helen Wills, who has hitherto been transcendent. BRUGNON OUTED The outstanding match on Monday was that in which the American representative, Tilden. defeated Brugnon, France. This victory admitted Tilden to the semi-finals. The Frenchman pluckily took the first three .games. Then Tilden asserted his superiority and won the next three, and went on to win the set. Often a ball flashed past Brugnon before he had recovered from the previous stroke. Tilden took the first four games of the second set at a bewildering pace. There was then an hour’s delay owing to rain. Brugnon had established a lead of 3 —o in the third set when play was again delayed. Although Brugnon won this set Tilden’s hitting was the more severe. The American won the fourth set and the match. WOMEN’S SINGLES FIFTH ROUND Miss Ryan defeated Mrs. Godfree, 3—6, 6—4, 6 —4. Miss Wills defeated Mrs. Peacock, 6 —3, 6 —l. Miss Joan Fry defeated Miss Betty Nuthall, I—6, 6—3, 6 —4. Senorita de Alvarez defeated Mrs. Watson, 6—3, 3 —6, B—6.8 —6. MEN’S SINGLES FIFTH ROUND Lacoste defeated Kozeluh, 6 —4, 6 —3, 6—4. Borotra defeated Turner, 6—l, 3—6, 6—o. Cochet defeated Hunter (America), 3 6—2, 6—3. MEN’S DOUBLES THIRD ROUND Crole-Rees and Eames defeated Borotra and Lacoste, 6—4, 4—6, 6 —2, 46, 6—-—4. Higgs and Lester defeated Harada and Washburn, 2—6, 3 —6, 6 —4, 6 —4. —A. and N.Z.-Sun.