TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1920, Page 9

TENNIS.

BRITISH PLAYERS AT CHRISTCHURCH. . WIN ALL THE® MATCHES. By Telegraph.—Frcss Association. Christ church, March 20. The matches between Beamich and Lowe and the Canterbury tennis representatives ware continued in fine weather and before a large attendance. In singles, Lowe beat Ollivler, 6—i, C—2, and Beamish beat Greenwood, 6—2, 6—3. Lowe kept a magnificent length, and many of liis shots were unplayable He strained a leg half-way through the first set, but this handicap did not seriously affect his play. Thore were sjtme brilliant exchanges in the second set, tut Lowe's tactics were superb, and Ollivler was frequently played into a hopeless position. Beamish did not hare such difficulty in defeating Greenwood. The latter made many mistakes in the first set, but put up a plucky fight in the second set, and frequently passed Beamish at the net. In the doubles, Lowe and Beamish beat Ollivler and Greenwood, ff— 3, 6—2, 9—7. In the first two sets the visitors had the advantage, their playing very often being unanswerable. The third set was very escltlnij, and was marled by brilliant tennis. At one Etage the scores were 7—7, but In the two Anal games the visitors showed to advantage and won the set and the match.