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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1988

COLONY TENNIS IN DOLDRUMS

Miklos Szabados and Istvan Kelen, former world and Hungarian and world table-tennis champions, seen in action on farther side of table, gave their first exhibition before well-filled houses at the King's Thea- tre yesterday.

RUMJAHN COUSINS GIVEN BIG FRIGHT

HARRISON AND SANDER FAIL AT CRUCIAL MOMENT

REAT excitement prevailed at the H.K.C.C. yesterday when J H. D. and S. A. Rumjahn, holders of the Colony Doubles Tennis Championship, nearly conceded the first set of their encounter to H. V. Harrison and W. Sander, who led the cousins by 5 games to 1 and held three set points, but simply could not produce the winning shot to secure the set.

Harrison and Sander, particularly the latter, were in great form during this set and carried the attack to their opponents, who wére greatly off colour, Sirdar Rumjahn being particularly weak in most departments.

-RESULTS AT A GLANCE

SINGLES

Sander's

forehand! powerful drive-volley repeatedly caught the Rumjahn cousins napping, and had he possessed more sting in his overhead work, the European pair, might have carried the set. Har- Wei Chung beat B. Agafuroff 6-1, rison was very steady on his back-6—1. hand, but failed dismally in his Jobbing, which was either too short or too long.

Wong Shui-wing beat A. Warr 6-3, 64.

O. L. Pang received a walk-over from M. Drysdale.

G. Choa beat G. W. Sewell 6-3, D. K. Leung beat T. E. Wheble 6-3,

6.

Sirdar's erratic form, in the ear-62. ly stages of the first set, had a dis- quieting effect on his partner, whose usually brilliant half-volleys ended in the net.

STAMINA FAILS

DOUBLES

Harrison and W. Sander 7-5, 6-2.

E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung beat S. A. Hussain and S. S. Hussain 60, 1.6—–2.

SUGGESTED REASON FOR LOW STANDARD

TO WHAT EX TENT IS THE LEAGUE TO BLAME?

WIT

(By "ADREM")

ITH unfailing regularity, at some stage of the Open Tennis Championships, comes an outery at the poor standard that persists in the Colony and which, if anything, is inclined to get poorer each year.

IT IS ALWAYS THE SUREST BET IN THE WORLD THAT FROM THE EVENTUAL TITLE-HOLDERS WILL BE DRAWN

A SELECT BAND OF ABOUT HALF A DOZEN PLAYERS WHO HAVE OCCUPIED THE TOP-FLIGHT FOR YEARS,

never

The younger players seem to appreciably improve. The only ones that I can recollect having done so in the last decade, are the Tsui brothers and their success I attribute to enterprise -and there is little doubt that what they have achieved is due to the fact that have always look-

ed for

opportunities to attack.TO-DAY'S

I have given the subject a good deal of thought. Conditions here are such that sufficient enthusiasm and application to the game should lead to automatic development.

TENNIS

MATCHES

Several Good Ties Anticipated

There are adequate facilities for practice under the best possible conditions; periodical visits from first-class

demonstratë players stroke-play and court-craft and, if there are no coaches, excellent Several interesting ties should be be witnessed in the Colony...... Singles books, simply written, should sufficient to give the grounding that and Doubles Lawn Tennis Cham- pionships, on the H.K.C.C. Courts, practice should in time perfect.

to-day, especially as Tsui Wai-pui That there IS enthusiasm in Hong and Tsui Yan-pui, former holders be on Kong is evident-visit any club of the Doubles title, will over a week-end and see for your view. self-and yet, this horrible state of stagnation which is so difficult to

understand..

In the Singles, Frank Kwok, the well-known C.R.C. left-hander, will be up against a very steady player I wonder to what extent the Lea-in Henry Chan, of the Kowloon

S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn beat F. Vgue is responsible for this state of Tong Club. Kwok should win, as affairs. For years now the majority he is displaying fairly sound form of the League titles have been in at the moment and is always a dan- the hands of the Chinese Recrea- gerous opponent. tion Club and it seems to me, their Harrison and Sander carried all before them in the first three The match between A. V. Gosano type of game, which they have al- games and conceded the vital and A. V. Remedios and N. W. Dim-ways found eminently successful, fourth, when the latter drove out sey and P. Delaney was postponed has been transmitted to the teams

they play. of the court. They rallied strong until to-day.

ly in the fifth and sixth games, buti

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Joe Leonard and Wong Fuk-nam should provide another even tie, in which the former should emerge winner, while Lee Wai-tong and Stewart Gray will also clash in

I am not blaming the CRC. in what promises to be a most inter- any way, In the face of the strongesting encounter. rivalry that exists among leading

terinis clubs for the honour of com- The Tsui brothers, who are fa- ing out top at the end of a season, voured to regain the title at pre- it is only natural that the Chinese sent held by the inimitable Rum- should be content to persist in the jahn cousins, should experience no negative tactics namely get every-difficulty against Ng Kam-chuen thing back and wait for the other and P. F. Cheng. fellow to make the mistakes-which always makes them so difficult to beat.

·TO-DAY

Open Singles

v H. Chan

J. W. Leonard

C. Lau Firdos” Khan S. A. Gray

Open Doubles

It is also equally naturaĻ that

F. H. Kwok other clubs, realising the futility Wong Fuk-nam of trying to win games by aggres-Paul Kong sive means in the one set they play M. W. Lo

Lee Wai-tong against each of the opposing com- binations, should strive to beat the Chinese at their own game.

And there, I feel, we have the reason for the deplorable type of game which is now being witnessed in the Colony's major tournament.

I. Agafuroff and Pengelly v Wheble and Douglass.

Rump and Lt. Watt v Newaham and Baines.

Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui v Ng Kam-chuen and P. F. Cheng,