N.Z TENNIS TOURNEY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1940, Page 6

N.Z TENNIS TOURNEY

AUSTRALIANS SUCCESSFUL CONTRAST IN CONDITIONS. I NORTHERLY WIND CAUSES DISCOMFORT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The leading - Australian players, J. Bromwich, J. H. Crawford, and Misses N. Wynne, T. Coyne and M. Hardcastle, were the centre of attraction at Miramar yesterday afternoon at the New Zealand lawn tennis championship tournament. It was a day on which any consistent display of good tennis was impossible. There was bright sunshine in contrast to the previous day’s rain, but a strong northerly wind blowing across the court .made it extremely difficult to control the ball effectively. The Australians - won all their matches, but the men in particular were much discomforted by the wind. Detailed results are: — Women's Singles. Second round: Miss IVI. Beverley beat. Mrs Hatherley, 6-3. 6-3; Miss N. Beverley beat Miss M. Howe, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Miss D. Miller beat Mrs D. G. France, 6-1, 6-1. Men’s Doubles. Second round: Bromwich and Crawford beat R. McKenzie and J. Hamilton 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2; N. V. Edwards and R. Howe beat R. G. Pattinson and C. F. Penfold, 12-10. 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; A. D. Brown and C. Angas beat R. V. Robb and S. Painter, 1-6. 6-4. 6-1, 6-4. Women’s Doubles. First round; Miss Hardcastle and Mrs Gallagher beat Misses K. Armstrong and M. Kerr, 6-3. 6-0. Second round: Misses N. Wynne and T. Coyne beat Misses J. Douthett and P. Cooke. 6-2, 6-2. Mixed Doubles. First round: N. G. Sturt and Miss Hardcastle beat R. J. Sharpe and Miss M. Glenny. 6-1. 6-2; P. Hawksworth and Miss R. Wilson beat E. D. Falconer and Miss C. Chester, 6-0. 6-1; R. V. Robb and Miss J. Douthett. beat M. Ferkins and Mrs Cotterill. 6-3, 6-2; R. G. Pattinson and Miss K. Armstrong beat K. Dyer and Mrs Milburn, 6-2, 6-2.

Second round: Bromwich and Miss Coyne beat R. McL. Ferkins and Miss D. Miller, 6-3, 11-9; W. T. Pountney and Miss N. Beverley beat M. L. Lampe and Miss E. Attwood, 6-2, 6-2; C. F. Penfold and Miss M. Howe beat J. Hamilton and Miss J. Nicholls. 6-0, 8-6; Crawford and Miss Wynne beat G. A. Pearce and Miss M. Kerr, 6-1, 6-0.

TODAY’S PLAY A MAJOR UPSET. HIGH WINE) TROUBLES COMPETITORS. WELLINGTON. This Day. Conditions this morning were not conducive to a high standard of play in the New Zealand Centennial tennis championships at Miramar as all the players were troubled by the northerly wind which blew in gusts of half-gale force. A major upset was the defeat of the combined doubles titleholders. N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and Miss Hardcastle (Australia) by R. Howe (Wellington) and Miss M. Beverley (Waikato).

The championship events wore advanced a further stage today and a start was made with the men’s and women’s plate events in which players who were eliminated in the first and second rounds of the championship matches are competing. Results today are: — Combined Championship Doubles. Second round. —Edwards (Wellington) and Mi-s Hathcrley (Canterbury) beat Angas and Miss Poole (Canterbury), (5/2, 3/6, 6/3; Barnes (Australia) and Miss Cooke (Auckland) beat Pattinson and Miss Armstrong (Canterbury), 6/3. 7/5; Robb and Miss Douthett (Wellington) beat Hawksworth (Masterton) and Miss Wilson (Southland), 8/10, 6/1, 8/6.

Third round. —Crawford and Miss Wynne (Australia) beat Penfold (Canterbury) and Miss Howe (Wellington). 6/1, 6/1; R. Howe (Wellington) and Miss IVI. Beverley (Waikato) beat Sturt (Auckland) and Miss Hardcastle (Australia), 6/2, 6/2. Bromwich and Miss Coyne (Australia) defeated Pountney (Auckland) and Miss N. Beverley (Waikato), 6/2, 6/2. The most interesting combined doubles match this morning was that be-, tween Edwards and Mrs Hathcrley and Angas and Miss Poole. It was keenly contested throughout with the victory going to the pair who controlled their shots better in the wind. Edwards won many points with brilliant interceptions at the net. Bromwich and Miss Coyne vanquished Pountney and Miss N. Beverley with the loss of only four games. The Australians played their ground shots soundly and well-angled volleys from the net position picked holes in the defence. Crawfword and Miss Wynne beat Penfold and Miss Howe with the greatest of ease. The New Zealand pair won two games on their opponents mistakes. Miss Wynne was the outstanding player on the court, her clean volleying and smashing being features of her game. Women's Singles. Third lound: Miss Wynne (Australia) defeated Miss Miller (Olago), 6/3, 6/1.