1938-06-24 — Page 21

Kho Sin Kie Enters 4th Round

Beats Ian Collins In Four Sets

w.c.

W.C. Choy Nearly Causes Major Upset

BRITISH MIXED DOUBLES SUCCESS

London, To-day.

Kho Sin-kee, China's first ranking tennis player, advanced yet another step in his quest for the Wimbledon singles tennis title, when he won his third-round match against the young Scotsman, Ian Collins by 8—10, 6–2, 8–6, 6–2.

Kho Sin-kee took a long time to settle down and trailed 1-4 in the first set. Then, with the aid of powerful stroking he reduced the arrears and led at 6-5, but Collins speeded up his game and, with accurate placements went out at 8-10, despite Kho's rythmic driving from the baseline.

SECOND TEST MATCH

PROSPECTS

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O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith. The only likely surprise is that McCormick may emerge into his Australian speed

and lift.

Collins led in both the second and third sets, putting up a great fight in the third which he only lost at 6-8. "In the fourth set, Kho| rallied and was supreme to sweep the gallant Scot off the court for the loss of only two games.

In another match, Kho's contem- porary, W. C. Choy very nearly created the first surprise of the tournament when playing against Roderick Menzel.

BITTER STRUGGLE

With the scores level at 2-all in the third set, after each player had won one set, the match was resum-

In the most bitter struggle witnessed in the historic arena

AND THE BATTING The excellence of the Australian ed yesterday. batting on hard wickets has become an accepted annoyance. No one is. surprised when Don Bradman scores 200 runs, and any other three or four of his comrades 100 runs each.

The prevalent idea that we can over- run our opponents on a wet wicket is not really justified.

Australian batsmen are not used to

this year, Menzel was fully extended. Both players adopt- ed baseline tactics and kept an excellent length with their driving.

our kind of wet wicket, and do not Choy took Menzel's cannon-ball play as well on them as their excel-services splendidly and retrieved lence on fast wickets ought to ensure. magnificently, especially on the But I think their ability in this respect back-hand. In the fifth set, he was is under-rated.

leading 2-0 and his prospects ap-| That we have a better chance of peared bright as the Czech

on ⚫ a dry visibly tiring.

winning on a wet than wicket is no doubt true. is no certainty about it. theoretical certainty.

was

But there Menzel, however, with a great ef- I mean no fort, levelled the scores and led 4-2 and 5-3. Then ensued a Our own bowlers are, as I said, the unknown factor. We have in Ken- tense struggle with prolonged ral- neth Farnes a strong and very reliable lies, but Choy's forehand ultimate- fast bowler, who has done finely when-ly cracked under the strain and ever he has had a real chance in Test Menzel's superior strength just matches. He bowls far better on big pulled him through. occasions than he does in everyday. county cricket.

In Verity we have the best standard slow left-hander in the world, who can win a match on a mud wicket and help to win one on a dry wicket. -

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Results by Reuter were:

MEN'S SINGLES Third Round

D. Budge (U.S.A.) beat G. S. Lyttle- ton-Rodgers (Eire) 6-0, 7-5, 6-1.

J. Ollif (Gt. B.) beat Gopfert (Ger- many) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Wright, the new leg-break bowler, Henner Henkel (Germany). beat

AN UNCOMMON BOWLER

is of no common breed; being much Christian Boussus (France) 6-2, 6-3, faster than is normal. He might 6-2. easily spring a surprise.

Walter Hammond is Д first-rate fast-medium bowler, who is generally underrated; he is always likely to take a good wicket.

Sinfield, medium-pace verging on slow, with a peculiar flight, seems to be the type of bowler least agreeable, even on fast wickets, to the strokes of the Australian batsmen.

The massed value of our batting has yet to be proved, but subject to the usual, and unfortunately para- mount, proviso "bar the Don," we have as strong a batting sido paper as our adversaries.

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And after all, we have a very great

J. H. McPhail (Gt. B.) beat E. R. Avory (Gt. B.) 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

Gene Mako (U.S.A.) beat Hender- son Brookes (Gt. B.) 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6-2,

L. Hecht (Czechoslovakia) beat Ste- wart 6-3, 64, 67, 6—1. --

Second Round Roderick Menzel (Czechoslovakia) beat W. C. Choy (China) 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6.

LADIES' SINGLES Second Round Mrs. Sperling (Denmark) beat Miss Grace Wheeler (U.S.A.) 6—0, 0~0.

Mme. Mathieu (France) beat Mrs. Curtis 6-0, 0-3.

Miss Mary Hardwick (Gt. B.) beat

batsman in Walter Hammond, and we Mrs. McKelvie (nee McOstrich) 6-3,

do possess younger batsmen of excep- 6-3,

tional merit.

Formidable as the Australians are -and nobody in England underrates

MIXED DOUBLES Second Round.

thom-we can face the second Test R. A. Shayes and Miss Jean Saun- match with reasonable equanimity. ders (Gt. B.) beat Gene Mako

So much depends on the vagaries of the weather that prophecy is value less. But the Australians are by no means as sure of themselves as they are supposed to be, organ

It ought to be à match~~(Copyright)

and

Mlle. Panna Jedrzejowska (Poland) 6-8, 6-4.

D. Budge and Miss Alice Marble. (U.S.A.) (Holders), beat J. H. McPhail and Mrs. M. R. King (Gt B.) 6-0,

WEATHER DULL |BUT WICKET .

IS PERFECT

Wellard's Inclusion Hill Strengthen

Attack

London, To-day.

has fully recovered and is likely to serve as twelfth man vice Sinfield, who is expected to be dropped.

WELLARD'S INCLUSION The inclusion of Wellard, the Somerset all-rounder, will have the Although the weather is dull effect of strengthening the attack. with occasional drizzle, the Test He will be able to carry a good wicket is in perfect condition and deal of the shock attack and thus is hard as iron.

give Farnes longer spells of rest" It is now practically certain that which should make his bowling far Fleetwood-Smith, who last week more venomous.

Yesterday the Australians visit- underwent a dental operation, will

ed the tennis championship, while be able to play.

Hardstaff, who injured his hand members of the English team in-

First Test and dulged in special net-practice. just prior to the had to drop out at the last minute, Reuter.

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