TENNIS IN U.S.A.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1938, Page 6

TENNIS IN U.S.A.

WOMEN’S MATCHES. MISS COYNE BEATS MISS JACOBS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. NEW YORK. September 3. The Australian women participated in an international tennis tournament at the beautiful Meadow club courts at Southampton (New York). The match will be completed at Easthampton tomorrow. Results are: Singles: Miss Wynne beat Mrs Fabyan, 7—5, 6—2; Miss Workman beat Mrs Hopman, 4—6, 6—4, B—6;8 —6; Miss Coyne beat Miss Jacobs, 6 2, 6 2, Miss Stevenson beat Miss Bundy, 6—4, 3—G, 6—2. Doubles: Misses Coyne and Wynne beat Miss Jacobs and Mrs Fabyan 6—3, g —4 ; Misses Bundy and Workman beat Mrs Hopman and Miss Stevenson, 6—4, B—6. Miss Coyne’s win has upset calculations for the national singles, for which Miss Jacobs was seeded first. It was Miss Coyne’s best performance of the tour. In the doubles Mrs Fabyan and Miss Jacobs did not team well together and were overshadowed as individuals. The matches were watched by an exclusive crowd of 400. The minimum admission fee was two dollars. FURTHER RESULTS. (Recd This Day, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 4. In the women’s international tournament, Mrs Fabyan beat Miss Coyne 7/5, 7/5; Miss Workman beat Miss Stevenson 6/4, 5/7, 6/2. DAVIS CUP. ANTICIPATION OF AMERICAN VICTORY. (Recd "This Day, 11.20 a.m.) PHILADELPHIA, September 4. While ‘it is generally expected that the Americans will win, it is freely predicted that the result is likely to be 3 matches to 2. A victory by Bromwich over Riggs is not considered unlikely. WIN FOR AUSTRALIA. A MARGIN OF ONE SET. (Recd This Day, 12.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 4. In the international tennis tournament, in the singles Mrs Hopman beat Miss Workman, 8/6, 6/4; Miss Jacobs beat Miss Wynne 5/7, 6/2, 6/0. Doubles: Misses Bundy and Workman beat Mrs Hopman and Miss Stevenson, 6/2, 8/6; Misses Wynne and Coyne beat Mrs Fabyan and Miss Jacobs, 9—7, 3—6, G—3. Australia won by 15 sets to 14. Overnight rain made the courts heavy, favouring the Americans, all of whom had played here previously. Miss Coyne was the first to experience the turf’s vagaries and discover that the Americans were playing better than they were yesterday. Mrs Fabyan played superior tennis but Miss Coyne trailed her closely throughout. She played a well composed game. Miss Workman found Miss Stevenson vulnerable to. her deep slices to the backhand.. The Australian was unhappy on the slippery surface. Her forehand functioned well but she could not cope with the American’s sustained backhand attack.

Unusually subdued, Miss Wynne faced a rejuvenated Miss Jacobs and, after taking the first set 7/5, developed a. faraway look and played listlessly. From 2/2 in the second set she did not take a game. Mrs Hopman notched the sole Australian singles victory as a reward of patient retrieving, interspersed with delightful drives down the line, Miss Bundy, who is not the player she was in Australia, made frequent errors. After Mrs Hopman and Miss Stevenson had lost their doubles, Misses Wynne and Coyne played a dour match. All four were tired. The Australian women players are utterly wearied. There was the keenest interest in the match, owing to the suggested inauguration of a women’s international series on Davis Cup lines, or an extension of the Wightman Cup matches between England .and America to include Australia. The Australian women’s showing has encouraged supporters of the plan.