AUSTRALIA AHEAD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1938, Page 5

AUSTRALIA AHEAD

THE DAVIS CUP MATCHES IN CANADA JAPANESE DEFEATED IN DOUBLES AN INTERESTING CONTEST By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. MONTREAL, August 13. In the Davis Cup doubles match between Australia and Japan today, A. K. Quist and J. Bromwich (Australia) beat J. Yamagishi and F. Nakano (Japan), 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. As a result of today’s play Australia leads Japan by two matches to one in the final of the American zone, the singles yesterday having been divided. In the first set the Japanese unsuccessfully attempted the drive the Australians from the net, where they were deadly overhead. The Australians’ play had the finish, finesse, and ease which characterised perfect team work. They took the first set with a love game. The Japanese won the first and third games to love in the second set, the Australians having trouble in returning the service. The games continued to alternate with the service until the ninth, when the Australians broke through Yamagishi’s service and led 5-4. The Australian’s superiority at the net was overwhelming and insurmountable, and they took the-set, 6-4. Unable to drive the Australians from the net, the Japanese varied their tactics slightly in the third set. They concentrated lobs in the direction of Bromwich, who was not so drastic overhead as Quist, but the latter was able to account for sufficient points to offset this.

YAMAGISHI’S FINE FORM Speaking to the Associated Press of the singles match in which he was defeated by Yamagishi, Bromwich afterwards said: “I never saw such drop shotting in my life. Yamagishi was simply at the top of his form. His strokes were coming off in the most masterly way, while I lacked the necessary match play to make the most of my opportunities. It was a case of playing against a player who simply was getting the most out of his shots all the time. It could not be done.”

Hopman said: “The improvement in Yamagishi’s game is unbelievable. All credit must be given him fdr displaying such perfect tennis. Bromwich played well. It would have presented a task* to any player in the world to beat Yamagishi, but behind Bromwich’s defeat lies the inescapable fact that his own games have shown an advance which will place him among the world’s top-rankers. We are extremely satisfied with that. It now seems indicated that victory will hang on the doubles tomorrow, because it appears most likely that Jack will account for Nakano on Sunday.” FINAL TO AUSTRALIA SINGLES AGAIN DIVIDED INJURY CAUSES BROMWICH TO DEFAULT (Recd This Day, 11.0 a.m.) MONTREAL, August 14. ■ In the final of the American zone Davis Cup contest, Australia defeated Japan. Quist beat Yamagishi, 6/4, 6/4, 2/6, 9/6.

In the first set Quist drove so strongly that his opponent was unable to cope with him. Yamagishi tried only two drop shots. After his opponent had amassed a 3/0 lead in the second set, Quist produced some wonderful shots, which made resistance almost impossible. The Japanese was clearly superior in the third set, his returns from service passing Quist at the net. The fourth set was like the third in its early stages. Yamagishi was also troubling Quist with drop shots. The Australian then pulled out of danger on Yamagishi’s errors, and led 6/5, but it was not until the sixteenth game that he was able to clinch matters. Nakano defeated Bromwich 6/2, 1/6. 6/4, 3/6, 12/12, Bromwich defaulting in the fifth set. A bruise developed on Bromwich’s inner thigh after his match against Yamagishi, and massage failed entirely to remove the trouble, which eventually necessitated his default. Hopman expresses a belief that the bruise probably will disappear before the inter-zone matches at Boston.

Nakano, in the first set today, borrowed the drop shot trick from Yamagishi, and had considerable success with it. There was a change in the second test, when the Australian blasted his opponent from the court with two-handed drives. Nakano’s drop shots in the third set enabled him to take the set, but Bromwich won the fourth by breaking his opponent’s service in the sixth and eighth games.

AMERICAN TOURNEY EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW YORK. August 13. In the Eastern tennis championships semi-finals today, R. L. Riggs (Los Angeles) beat Jack Kramer (California), 6-3,6-2, 6-4; Joe Hunt (Los Angeles) beat W. L. Allison (Texis), 6-0, 6-4, 6-3.