TE AROHA V. PAEROA

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 271, 6 February 1928, Page 7

TE AROHA V. PAEROA

(From Oitr Own Correspondent) PAEROA, Saturday. Te Aroha Tennis Club beat Paeroa by seven matches to six in a match played 10-day. Men’s Singles.—James lost to Ruston, 59; Mackie beat McMillan, 9—5: Mer* rington beat R. Thorp 9 —5; Bush beat P. Thorp, 9—6. Men’s Doubles.—Mackie and James lost to Ruston and McMillan, 5—9; Merrington and Bush beat Thorp Brothers, 9—5; Lewis and Bradley lost to Bluck and Connolly, 7—9. Women’s Singles.—Mrs. Waters beat Miss V. Shand, 7—3; Miss Lipscy beat Miss Ellis, 7—2. Women’s Doubles.—Mrs. Waters and Miss L. Lipsey beat Misses Shand and Ellis, 7—3; Miss M. Lipsey and partner lost to Misses C. Taylor and O’Grady, Mixed Doubles.—Lewis and Miss M. Lipsey lost to Bluck and Miss O’Grady, 67; Bradley and partner lost to Connolly and Miss C. Taylor, 4—7. THAMES VAT.LEY MATCHES (From Our Own Correspondent) PAEROA, Saturday. Playing in the Thames Valley tennis I tourney to-day, A. A. Rushton won three ; matches to qualify for the final where lie meets Dr. Grey, of Thames. Results: A. A. Ruston defeated A. Simpson, 6 —l, 6—o; Ruston defeated H. Thorp, 6 — o, 6 — l; Ruston defeated F. Bush. 6 — l, 6—l. AGILE BOROTRA TOO GOOD FOR OPPONENT TENNIS IN SYDNEY By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, Sunday. In the lawn .tennis championships yesterday, in the/final of the men’s singles, Borotra beat Cummings (New South Wales), 6—4, 6—l, 5—7, 6—3. Borotra showed wonderful speed and volleyed and smashed perfectly. Cummings’s tennis improved greatly during the latter part of the game, but he was unable to defeat the agile Frenchmen. Borotra, in the early part of the match, played further back than usual to counter Cummings’s cross court strokes. He made several errors off his opponent’s slow shots, and his foothold was somewhat insecure. This hindered him considerably. Cummings played very gamely. In the final of the doubles championship, Brugnon and Borotra beat Willard (New South Wales) and Moon (Queensland), 6—2, 4 —6, 6—4, 7 5. Borotra made many wonderful interceptions, but sometimes he failed in his returns. Willard played magnificently, seldom missing a volley or smash and carrying the attack to the opponents throughout. Moon was disappointing. He appeared to be nervy and frequently let the ball pass. Brugnon played in a style far and away ahead of any exhibition he has yet given here. The Frenchmen well earned the doubles title of Australia. Footfaults were frequently called against the French players, and the action of the umpire puzzled the spectators in view of the decision of the Lawn Tennis Association Management Committee not to enforce a rigid interpretation of the footfault rule in any matches in which the Frenchmen engaged. The frequent rulings upset both Borotra and Brugnon, but they . took the decisions in a sporting spirit. , —-A. and N.Z,