CHINA MAHL, JULY 28
MISS ROUND'S WIMBLEDON TRIUMPH
STIRRING CENTRE-COURT PUNEREA DUEL
MLLE, JEDRZEJOWSKA FIGHTS TILL 75 IN THIRD SET
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London, July 3. MISS Dorothy Round recaptured the Wimbledon Singles title to-day, beating her Polish opponent in the final round. Winning the first set at 6-2, with brilliant play, Miss Round seemed to be heading for an easy victory, but in the second set her form deserted her, and Poland squared at 6-2.
POSTPONED
"C" DIVISION ENCOUNTER
Kowloon Tong Beat Craigengower
In a postponed “C” Division match- yesterday, Kowloon Tong Best Crai- gezgower by 7 sets to 2.
WWn and Ma Wai-kwong (Kow- Toon Tong).
MLLE. JEDRZEJOWSKA LED 4-2 IN THE DECIDING SET, THEN MISS ROUND RE- COVERED AND CONCEDED ONLY ONE MORE GAME BEFORE RUNNING OUT AT 7-5.beat H.-M. Chung and Y. L. Pau 6-3 MISS ROUND SAID-AFTERWARDS: "I AM TOO HAPPY FOR WORDS, JED PLAYED AW- FULLY WELL, AND I THOUGHT SHE WOULD WIN AT 4-2 IN THE EAST SET BUT I JUST MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF. SHE IS THE PLUCKIEST FIGHTER1 HAVE EVER MET.”
Mlle. Jedrzejowska said: "Congratulations to Dorothy! She was too steady for me. nearly did it, but not quite. Still, I shall try again. It was the most enjoyable match I have ever played." The fime weather with which the 1937 Wimbledon meeting has been favoured sur passed its previous best to-day. It was very hot and the sky was cloudless
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It was quite early yesterday that the first arrival appeared, and by mid-night there was queue some 200 yards in length. It was a perfect night, and com- paratively few slept. At about nine o'clock this morning it was
Jed a 4-2 lead after six rather
different games.
MISS ROUND RECOVERS It was in the seventh game that
beat A. Kitchell and O. Sadick
beat W. Rapley and A. Zimmern 6-3 Wong Fook-in and Pang Toi-lam (Kowloon Tong).
beat Chung and Pan
beat Rapley and Zimmern
beat Kitchell and Sadick
III
ham Kwan and Lee Kam-ming (Kowloon Tong).
lost to Chung and Pau
lost to Fitchell and Sadick beat Rapley and Zimmexn
Miss Round ran out in the next-
the English girl at last recovered game when the Polish girl contri- her touch. Her former fluency rebuted yet another double fault and turned, together with har pace and made errors off the faultless shots
found necessary to open the But Miss Round was playing at accuracy. Just as her shots had put over by Miss Round. She made gates, so long were the queues. the peak of her form, and driving been sailing out of court at the brave attempt to save the match Although the Centre Court anently. She reached 5-2, then start of the set, so now they were point, but a backhand drive of hers was soon almost full, many people she lost one set point after a volley-raising the chalk on the lines. Just curled over the line and Miss risked not getting in by waitingfing duel with both at the net, but Mlle. Jedrzejowska could do little Round gained the Wimbledon cham- outside the players changing "Ted" overdrove at the second, and against such pace and length, and pionship for the second time. room to welcome Miss Round and Miss Round won the first set 62 Miss Round levelled at 4-all, taking Mlle. Jedrzejowska when they arrived at the ground.
PACE ON BALL the eighth game to love, and then Miss Bound had been playing she went on for a 5-4 lead. When Mille. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska world-beating tennis towards the and Miss Dorothy. Round came on end of the set, getting terrific pace
LOVE GAME Mille. Jedrzejowska
A tremendous roar of applause from the crowd acclaimed the Bri- tish victory.
It had not been a consistently
after Miss best, when Miss Round had scarce-
to the Centre Court for their Won the ball and at the same time the next game, led 40 15 in good match. The first set was the.
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men's Singles final, the Polish girl maintaining a machine-like accur-Round had drawn up to deuce the ly made a mistake. The first six was wearing a light blue coatee, and |acy. Miss Bound's all-white garb was
Polish girl had a net cord to level games of the third set were never At the start of the second set, at 5-all Miss Round, still main-good. Miss Round had recovered relieved by a belt of the same co-however, some errors crep into her taining her driving length, won a her driving fluency towards the end lour, and light blue stripes down
game. With some of her drives love game on her service to lead of the set, and she gained a well- each side of her shorts.
finding the net, Mlle. Jedrzejowska, 6–5.
deserved win. keeping an admirable length from
VERY COOL.
Miss Round opened the match on the back, won the first game. She her service, and with both girls held her lead to 2-1, by getting finding a length immediately, the some wild angles to Miss Round's first game went to four deuces be back hand. fore the English girl won it. “Jed,”
SET-ALL
playing in her first Wimbledon On her own back-hand side, too, final, showed no sign of nerves, and she was getting some nice shots tried two of her cannonball drives straight down the line which curled right away. The first was a win-away from the corner. Against ner, but the second sailed over the the less accurate Miss Round she baseline.
dominated the play and increased
Miss Round put four drives over her lead to 4—1. the side line to lose the second game to 15. H
Mlle. Jedrzejowska was putting all her weight into her forehand,
A good length off the ground by and her whirlwind hitting took her Mlle. Jedrzejowska enabled her to 10 5-1 Miss Round, serving well, get the third game as well. Miss rallied to win the seventh game, Bound had been inclined to overhit but the Polish girl clinched the set her back-hand. The Polish girl 6 2 after Miss Round had saved was within a point of leading 3-1, on set point with a glorious job. but two double faults brought
LAPSES BY BOTH
about a replieve for Miss Round, There were lapses on both sides who raised the chalk with some at the start of the final set, Mlle. forehand drives to level at 2-all
POUNDING THE BACK-HAND
Round was very careful to
her opponent the ading ball on the
Mis
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Jedrzejowska.com ing another double fault, and Miss Round drry- ing errors off quite easy balls. Up to 2-all there had few winning
hots. Each had won on the other's]
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