Brilliant Tennis

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 347, 7 May 1928, Page 9

Brilliant Tennis

PATTERSON WINS AT GENOA Davis Cup Contests NEW ZEALANDERS ARRIVE AT LISBON

THE Davis Cup contests (European zone) arc in busy progress. G. Li. Patterson (Australia) showed his top form at Genoa, beating Stefani easily; but Crawford, so ill and weary that often he dropped his racket, lost to De Morpurgo. The New Zealand team has arrived at Lisbon.

(United P.A. — By Telegraph—Copyright, Reed. 10.35 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. In the first round of the Davis Cup (European Zone) at Genoa, De Morpurgo (Italy) defeated Crawford (Australia), 7—5, 6—3, 6—2. Patterson (Australia) defeated Stefani (Italy), 6—l, 6—3, 6—3. Hopman supersedes Crawford in the doubles. A Rome message says 75 minutes sufficed for Crawford’s annihilation. He was obviously a sick man, but he did well in the first set owing to Morpurgo’s mistakes. It was pathetic to see the boy fighting a hopeless battle often dropping his racket from sheer weariness. Morpurgo was steady nearly all the way through. Patterson made Stefani and Morpurgo look like tyros, changing the Genoese ecstasy into open-mouthed surprise. He had Stefani guessing from the jump, with back-bouncing screw shots, chopped volleys and original underhand and backhand crosscourt shots. Patterson did everything as in his palmy days. Stefani was impotent. The New Zealand Davis Cup team has arrived at Lisbon. It plays Portugal in the second round. By winning three out of the first four matches at Torquay, Britain defeated the Argentine in the first round of the Davis Cup matches, and will meet the winner of the match between Yugoslavia and Finland. The following are other results, the winners entering the second round; At Berlin, Froitzheim (Germany)

beat Ball! (Greet e). winning the concluding set, 10 —8; Bergmann and Kleinschroth (Germany) beat Ball! and Zerlendi (Greece), 6—l, 6—3, 6—4. At Vienna, Salm and AAens (Austria) beat Arragon and Ingaye (Philippines), 6—2, 4—6, 11 —13, 6—o, 6—3. At Warsaw, Ulrich and Peterson (Denmaxk) beat Stolarow Brothers (Poland), 6—l, 6 —3, 6—4. EARLIER GAMES At Warsaw in the match between Denmark and Poland, E. Ulrich (Denmark) defeated Georges Stolarow (Poland), 3—6, 6 —4, 6—o. 6—4; Axel Peterson (Denmark) defeated Warminski, 6 —2, 3—6. 6 —4, 6—2. In the match at Zagreb, Yugoslavia, between Finland and Yugoslavia, Grahn (Finland) defeated Popovitch (Yugoslavia), 6—2. 6— 2, 6—3; Sc ha - quer (Finland) defeated Frotenfeit, 6 3, 2—6, 9 —7, 7—o- - Budapest, in the match botv. ecu Hungary and Norway. Kehrling (Hungary) defeated Christopherson (Norway), 6 — l, 6 — 2. 6 — l. Takacs (Hungary) met Toskildsen, and the acore at present is 7 —5, 6—B, 6 —l, I—6. with one set to be played. At Vienna, in the match between Austria and the Philippines, Artens (Austria) defeated Arragon (Philippines). 6 —3. 6—3. 6—3; Matejko (Austria) defeated Jugayo. 6—2, 6—2, §—4. At Bucharest a match is being played between Rumania and Belgium, the winners of which meet either Italy or Australia. In the doubles Mishu and Boerner defeated Ewbank and Iweins after losing the first set. Rumania thus won the round.