TENNIS BROADCAST

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 27, 20 January 1928, Page 4

TENNIS BROADCAST

FEATURED BY 2YA

Intense interest is being shown in the visit of the French tennis stars, and 2YA’s broadcast of the play on the two days the visitors will be at Miramar will be eagerly welcomed and will undoubtedly constitute a great advertisement for the game. A preliminary talk from 2YA on the forthcoming event broadcast last week by one of the officials of the Lawn Tennis Association in« dicated the importance attached to the occasion. This talk stated that it was seven years since any inter national team had played in New Zealand, and in that match there were no New Zealandeys, the losing team being Norman Brooks and G. L. Paterson, both of Australia, The present visit of the celebrated Frenchmen was unique, in that it was the first occasion on which a purely New Zealand tean would be opposed to an international team on own own territory. The Frencli« men had learned their game and played it on hard courts, the re sult being that they played a very fast and spectacular ga:ne.

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