LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1922, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

THE BEST PLAYERS. WALLIS MYERS’ VIEWS, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 31. Mr. Wallis Myers, writing in the Daily Telegraph, acclaims the following as the order of the world’s ten best tennis players: Tilden, Johnston, Patterson, Richards, Anderson, Cochet, O’Hara Wood, Williams, Kingscote and G obert. He adds: There will be no dispute as to the first two. I have always considered Tilden intellectually superior to Johnston on the court and also as possessing the capacity to raise his game to the highest standard at the moment of greatest peril, even in the fifth set. Patterson’s victory at Wimbledon entitles him to third place. His service has been the dominating feature of his record, but those able to return it confidently exposed Patson’s limitations. Anderson was a little unlucky at Wimbledon, unluckler still in being ill In America prior to the Davis Cup. He is a finer strokeplayer than Patterson and not unequal to the latter as a match player. Cochet’a best is still to come. He showed himself a better grass player in America than in England. O'Hara Wood suffered from his shoulder in America when beaten by Cochet and Alonso. He played finely against. Anderson at Wimbledon. Hla record in doubles, especially In the Davis Cup matches, entitles him to seventh place.