THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1939.
COLONY TENNIS
TSUIS
ENTER CAREFREE
FINAL IN MATCH
Losers Impressive In Spasms But Outclassed
KAY STAMMERS IN MELBURY
CLUB TOURNAMENT.— The most important tennis tournament so far this season is that at the Melbury Club, Kensington, London, which is taking place this. week. Photo shows-A striking action and shadow study of Miss Kay Stammers in play in the women's singles. (Copyright Fox).
YESTERDAY'S YACHTING
True Blue took first place in a sweep stake race held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over a dis- tance of 6.35 miles. Results:
True Blue
Finished Pos:
16.47.22 1 (Miss H. Crawhall Wilson).
..16.47.49 2
Guri
(Miss A. Heiberg). La Linda
.17.03.05
3
(Mrs. M. I. Johnstone).
Kittiwake
..17.12.18
Redshank Koala
.D. N. F.
0
.D. N. F.
0
(Miss P. M. King).
CHINA'S TENNIS SUCCESSES
London, To-day, China met with two successes in the first round of the British Hardcourt Tennis Championships which are taking place at Bournemouth,
China's No. 1 player, Kho Sin- kie, the holder, beat A. M. Ham- burger, of Rumania by 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 and W. C. Choy beat D. S. Milford 6-1, 6-0, 6-3.—Reuter.
PLAY REACHES AN OCCASIONAL HIGH STANDARD
(By "ADREM")
There was a carefree spirit about yesterday's tennis at Hong Kong Cricket Club, where the Tsui brothers entered the final of the Doubles event by virtue of a victory over Lim Thian-tet and Stephen Wong by scores of 6-3, 8-6, 6-4.
At one period yesterday, it appeared that the young University couple would not secure more than half-a-dozen games in the encounter. In any event, the Tsuis started off with such dash that they gave the impression they had quite made up their minds they would not prolong matters more than they had to do.
In the space of a bare six min- utes, during which they won four games for the loss of only two points, they completely dominat- ed the court.
Wong and Lim did not know what to do or where to do it! Their fastest services were driven back with great speed and accuracy and when they themselves did manage to return a service with some suc- cess, they usually had the mortifi- cation of having it crashed down with a lightning-like interception or volleyed for an ace by the in- coming server, down the centre of the court.
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However, the undergraduates never gave up their policy of hitting and trusting to luck. It was evident that they preferred, to be killed as sheep rather than lambs!
TENNIS RESULTS
OPEN DOUBLES (Semi-Final)
Tsui Wai Pui and Tsui Yun Pui beat Lim Thiam Tet and Stephen Wong, 6-8, 8—6, 6-4.
Club Handicap Singles H. J. Armstrong (—15) beat A. T. Dow (~2.6), 6-4, 1–6, 03.
Club Handicap Doubles
R. K. Valentine and L. M. S. Lloyd (Scratch) beat T. C. Mon- aghan and V. R. Gordon (3.6), 3--6,62, 80,
E. E. Story and J, J. Ferguson" (-5,6) beat W. Sander and T. J. Gould (—15), 3—6, 8—6, 7—-5.
Assumed Ascendency
With the Tsuis inclined to be
slack with many of their strokes, they gradually assumed the ascen- dency and playing really well went
At the fifth game, they started to to a 5-2 lead. Once again the Tsuis take an interest. In fact, without tightened up and reeling off a string any warning, they suddenly struck a most brilliant patch and for three games, completely dominated the exchanges.
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Diminutive Wong made up energy what he lacked in inches and matched his hard-hitting op- ponents in great style. His smash- ing, when he could reach the ball, which was not very often, was firm, and if he did not secure the point outright with this stroke, it was not from want of trying! :
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of four games took the lead at 6-5. With Wai-pui serving and the score 40-love, Wong and Lim saved three match points, eventually to win the game amid much applause from the gallery. The Tsuis however, won the set at 8-6,
The last set was fairly even and Wong and Lim had an opportunity of taking a 4-2 lead but had to be content with 3-2. Games fluctuated but after leading 6-3 and losing the next game, the Tsuis clinched the [following game and the match.
Chief feature of the losers' game
Lim, however, was actually res- ponsible for the recovery. He changed his earlier tactics and in- yesterday, was the occasionally fine serving of Lim. His cannon-ball stead of attempting to drive the "aced" the opposition far more Tsuis off the court, concentrated
often then they have been “aced" more on direction and less on speed for some time, but generally speak- His most effective shot was a very ing, one felt that the holders of the slow cross-court push when the title were never at any time unduly opposition were advancing on the
worried. net and he forced the Tauis, whose mistakes when volleying hard drives prior to this had been negligible, into playing too soon.
However, after they had conceded three games and the score was 4–8 in their favour, the Tsuis tightened up and went out at 6-8,
Not to be denied, the challengers maintained their form of the latter part of the first set, in the next,
No Tennis To-Day
Owing to the sodden state of the #round as a result of the heavy falls of rain during the night, there will be no tennis at Hong Kong Cricket Cla
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