Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Monday 4 July 1932, page 5


TENNIS.

VINES BEATS AUSTIN.

Women's Title to Mrs Moody

HOPMAN IN DOUBLES FINAL.

LONDON. Saturday.-Hopman, tho only Australian left in tho Wimbledon tournament, yesterday reached thc final of thc mixed doubles, with Mdllc. Sigart. hv de feating Brugnon and Madam Mathieu.

Other features of thc day's play were the easy defeat of tho crack American pair, Allison and Van Byn. by-Borotra and Brugnon, and Mrs. Wills Moody's sixth successive winning of thc women's singles title. She won with her typi

cal ease.

Mdllc. Sigart, petite, demure, and bool, was the heroine of thc match, and splendidly seconded Hopman, who was in vigorous form. They completely outmancouvrcd Brugnon, who took tho brunt of tho battle. He and his partner adopted thc tandem formation to prevent Hopman attacking Madam Mathieu's backhand when she was serving.

Mdllc. Sigart,. wiro is a persistent retriever, took her full share of the midcourt play, volleying gallantly and winning rallies with short, angled placements, notably when Brugnon was fighting desperately to save thc first set when they were behind 5-3. and to retain the advantage when they lcd 4-3 in the second set.

Hopman and Mdllc. Sigart were con» sidered to have nn equal chance to-day, buf Maier and Miss Byan were too good.

FRENCHMEN BRILLIANT.. .

Borotra and Brugnon's surprisingly easy defeat of the Americans, Allison and Van Byn, was due to superior combination. Allison and Van Byn never found their game. Borotra was Iiis old brilliant self, volleyed amazingly and made numerous daring interceptions. .

A typical Borotra incident occurred whbn the Basque rushed to velum a. sideline ball, but got entangled in the canvas at the edge of the court. Brugnon cleverly kept thc rally going until Borotra freed himself, dashed back and scored a winner, amid roars of applause.

Mille. Lenglen visited Wimbledon to see the women's, final, and sat in the stands unrecognised.

. To-day's finals saw an unprecedented mixture of nationalities-the Englishmen, Austin. Perry and Hughes: the Americans, Miss Ryan and Miss Jacobs, and Vines; the Frenchwoman, Mdlle. Mctaxa: thc Frenchmen, Brugnon, Borotra and Cochet, who meet the Japanese, Kuwabara in tho final of the All England Plate; the Australian, Hopman: the Spaniard, Maier; and the Belgian, Mdllc. Sigart.

HOPMAN AND MLLE. SIGART.

The weakness of Mlle. Sigart's second service to-day was a gift to her opponents, especially io Miss Ryan. Both concentrated upon thc Belgian's weak back hand. When it was a mutter of lobbing, Hopman hud too much ground to cover, and often their opponents had wide open spaces in which to do as they pleased. Hopman again and again retrieved Maier's smashes, only to sec Miss Ryan switch the game the other wav with unreturuublo severity. Good though Hopmnn's game was, he several times succumbed to Miss Ryan's protracted volleying duel, lt was she who clinched the first set, volleying triumphantly from 5-5.

The second set was akin to a debacle, the losers being deplorably out of position. Hopman lost his steadiness overhead, whereas Mlle. Sigart's lobbing merely fed Maier's strength.

With thc most vicious match-winning ace ever seen nt Wimbledon. A7ines, in tho presence of thc King and Queen, annihilated Austin almost as easily as he overwhelmed Crawford. It is no disparagement to say that Austin could not face the full and fearsome force of this amazing American youngster, compared with whom Tilden is relatively genie. Vines was a shade below Thursday's form, yet he seemed that he could win just when and how he liked with shots which, but for their sheer accuracy, would appear impudent. A few blunders only helped to throw into greater relief the American's battering, brilliance.

Next Perry and Hughes further shattered British, hopes by losing to thc veteran French pair, who surprisingly fought back when behind 21 sets. All the credit is due to Borotra for covering his weaker partner, to whom both tho Englishmen volleyed and lobbed persistently. Sometimes Brugnon cleverly passed them to the sidelines, but it was Borotra who generally intervened. The Englishmen lost, a great chance in the fifth set, when leading i 5-4 against service.

Scores:

, MEN'S DOUBLES. I Semi-Finals.

Boroirn-Rrucnon (France) d. AllisonVan Ryu (U.S.), G-3, ß-2, (¡-4. '

Perry-Hughes (Eng.) d. Boussus-Mcrlin (France), S-0, li-1. 0-3.

Final.

Borotra-Brugnon d. Perry-Hughes, fi-0, ?1-0, 3-G, 7-4. 7-5.

MINED DOUBLES.

Semi-Finals.

Hopman (Aust.)-Mdlle. Sigart (Belgium) d. Brugnon-Madam Mathieu (France), 0-i.

0-4.

Maier (Spain)-Miss Ryan (U.S.A.) d. Cochet (Francc)-Mrs. Whittingstall (Sng.),

7-5, 3-0, 0-1.

Final.

Maier-Miss Ryan d. Hopman-Mllc. Sicr

art, 7-5, 0-2.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES.

Semi-Finals.

Miss Ryan-Miss Jacobs (U.S.) d. Mdlle. Pavot (Fraucc)-Mlss Thomas. 0-1, 0-2.

Mdlle. Metaxa (France)-Mdllc. Sigart (Belgium) d. Mrs. Holcroft Watson-Miss Harvey (Eng.), 7-5, (¡-2.

Final.

Mlle. Melaxa-Mllc. Sigart d. Miss Byan

Miss Jacobs. 0-I. fi-3.

WOMEN'S SINGLES.

Final.

Mrs. Wills-Moody (U.S.) d. Miss Jacobs (U.S.), G-3. 0-1.

MEN'S SINGLES.

Final.

E. Vines (U.S.) d. ll. W. Austin (Eng.), G-i, 0-2, ö-0.