CLASSIC CONTEST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1938, Page 6

CLASSIC CONTEST

IN U.S.A. TENNIS DOUBLES VETERANS ATTEMPT COMEBACK. ALLISON’S GREAT EFFORT. (Recd This Day, 12.5 p.m.) BOSTON, August 26. At the national tennis championships today at Brooklin, Massachusetts, the first three sets of the doubles championship match between Budge and Make (U.S.A.) and Allison and Van Ryn (U.S.A.) produced routine tennis, but the final set was a classic, the veterans attempting a comeback. They seemed over nervous and treated the champions with the greatest respect. They played defensively and declined to go to the net together. These tactics suited Budge and Mako perfectly. The position was aggravated by Van Ryn’s inaccurate long court game. Volleying quietly and precisely the champions seemed set for an easy win. However, they let up in the third set which Allison and Van Ryn won from 3/3. Down 0/4 in the fourth set Allison sprang into dynamic activity volleying and driving with strength and superb accuracy. He completely overshadowed Budge, repeatedly winning from balls down the sidelines or between his opponents In a hectic twenty minutes Allison took the score to 5/5 to 8/8 and then saved three match points. It was a most brilliant individual exhibition, Van Ryn throughout was a broken reed; otherwise the veterans might have won. MIXED DOUBLES CONTESTS. MR AND MRS HOPMAN WIN. (Recd This Day, 12.50 p.m.) . BOSTON,’ August 26. In the third round of the mixed doubles, Miss Marble and Budge beat Miss Wolfenden and Kovacs, 6/4, 6/3; Mr and Mrs Hopman defeated Miss Workman and Wood, 6/3, 7/6. In the match between Miss Coyne and Bromwich and Mrs Van Ryn and Allison, when the score was 6/2, 2/6, 6/6, play ceased and the game will be resumed tomorrow.