BUDGE DEFEATED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1938, Page 6

BUDGE DEFEATED

QUIST GIVES BRILLIANT DISPLAY GREATEST WIN OF TENNIS CAREER PLAY IN PACIFIC COAST TOURNEY By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. LOS ANGELES, October 2. A. K. Quist (Australia) scored the greatest win of his tennis career when he beat J. D. Budge, 7-5, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the semi-final of the Pacific SouthWest Coast championships. It was Budge’s first defeat in a major tournament since F. J. Perry beat him in the American national championships in 1936.

The upset made ceriain an Australian victory for the first time in the tournament’s history, as Hopman and Bromwich both entered the semi-finals. Hopman beat Hare (England), 6-1, 6-0, and Bromwich beat Sidney Wood (U.S.A.), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Quist won the first set on sheer fight and the second on ’ superior tennis. Budge was ragged, but after he had pulled the third set “out of the fire” the crowd of 3000 waited to see him blast Quist from the court. Instead Quist did the blasting, driving with superb vigour down the sidelines and across court until Budge was thrown out of his stride. In the final set Budge had no chance. There were no foot-fault calls against Quist today. Before Budge could recover from his listlessness Quist ran up two straight sets, outplaying Budge in volleys and outmanoeuvring him across court. There was virtually no net play, both men staying back. It was Quist’ ability to break Budge’s service that won him the match. Only in the third set did Budge’s service regain the zip that always enables him to recover from tight corners. Quist broke through in 11 games, including the final one. He started by breaking through Budge’s service twice running in the opening set, and finished by taking three in the final set.

In this “tournament Vines in 1933 and Perry in 1936 were beaten in their last matches as amateurs, the latter by Budge. It would be a strange coincidence if rumours of Budge turning professional in ten days’’ time were true. Results of earlier matches included: —Third round: Hopman beat Mako (U.S.A.). Quarter-finals: Bromwich beat Shayes (England), 6-4, 6-0; Quist beat Owen Anderson (U.S.A.), 6-3, 7-5.