LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1922, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

PATTERSON'S GREAT FORM By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—-Copyright. London, July 11. The Manchester Guardian, in an editorial, says that Patterson is an athlete worthy to rank with Brookes and Wilding. He has carried off the tennis championship, and none except an American or two can deprive him of it. If there were any forcing method if producing an English champion, it is feasible we might abandon cricket, which is not played in America: but most people would sooner see a score of tennis championships go west. The only helpful thing will be to build more hard courts, so that people can play in winter. At Wimbledon, O’Hara Wood and Miss Lenglen beat Washer and Mrs. Warburg, 6—2, 6—l; Lycett and Miss Ryan beat Crawley and Miss M’Cane. 6 —4, 6—3. Received July 12, 5.5 p.m. London, July 11. In the tennis doubles, Patterson and O’Hara Wood, Anderson and Lycett, Miss Lenglen and Mis Ryan are all finalists. A REMARKABLE MATCH. Received July 12, 9.5 p.m. London, Julj’ 12. Patterson and Mdlle. Lenglen ridicule the suggestion that they should meet for the tennis championship of the world. Patterson points out that such a contest would be unequal, a man’s game being much stronger than a woman’s. Mdlle. Lenglen laughed and described the proposal as absurd; such a match would be the most ridiculous thing in the world. Patterson and O’Hara Wood defeated Norton and Roper Barrett, 6—l, 6 —3, 3 —7, 6 —3, 15—13, in the men's doubles semi-finals. This match was one of the most sensational in the history of Wimbledon. As the match progressed, Roper Barrett, who was playing firstclass tennis before Patterson was born, began to feed Patterson a weak forehand, with the happiest results for the Englishmen. Barrett and Norton were also making the Australians’ services look ordinary. In the last set Norton and Barrett were ahead 4—3, and dingdon play followed until the twenty-fourth game, and when Barrett and Norton wanted a point for the match Patterson’s service saved the Australians. He captured Barrett’s service, but Wood lost his. Barrett and Norton then five times got within a stroke of the game, but Patterson’s service finally gave the Mdlle. Lenglen and Miss Ryan meet Mrs. Stocks and Miss McKane in tlie final of the ladies’ doubles.