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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 11, 1988.

Mrs. Moody's Marathon Win

First Set Goes To

12-10 Against Mrs.

Sperling

Miss Jacobs's Brilliant Win Over Miss Marble WILDE AND HUGHES LOSE TO BUDGE AND MAKO

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London, June 30. THERE will be a Wimbledon final between the two Helens for the fourth time on the Centre Court to-morrow. Mrs. Helen Wills Moody and Miss Helen Jacobs, both Californians, came through two dramatic semi-final matches in the Women's Singles lawn tennis championship yester- day to qualify for the last round.

Miss Jacobs beat her fellow-countrywoman, Miss Alice Marble, 6-4, 6-4, and Mrs. Moody survived a struggle lasting one and three- quarter hours against Mrs. Hilda Sperling, of Denmark, to win by 12-10, 6-4.

The first match between Miss Jacobs and Miss Marble was one of the most brilliant exhibitions of women's lawn tennis ever seen! on the Centre Court. It held the packed galleries in a tense sil- ence. The other was just the opposite-dull, monotonous, and composed almost entirely of seemingly endless baseline driv- ing rallies. As the first set dragged on many people became so bored that they left their seats.

Miss Jacobs has made Wimble- don history by becoming the first unseeded player to reach the last round. This will be her sixth final, and she has won once-in 1936, when she heat. Mrs. Sper- ling. In 1934 she was defeated by Miss Dorothy Round (now Mrs. Little), and on the other occa- sions Mrs. Moody barred the way. The last time was in 1935.

Holmes swinging the hammer as part of his training at Man- chester. (Copyright, Fox);

MRS. MOODY'S NINTH FINAL Mrs. Moody will be playing her ninth Wimbledon final. On the first occa- sion, in 1924, she was beaten by Miss Kitty M'Kane (now Mrar Godfree), but she has won the title seven times since ing drives to the backhand corner, and then, and will be attempting to create lovely drop shots, then Helen followed a record to-morrow by becoming wo-suit with crashing forehand shots to man champion for the eighth time. If keep in front at 4-3.

as The eighth game proved to be Miss Jacobs plays as well as she did yesterday she stands a good chance of vital as it had been in the first set. defeating the other Helen for the first Miss Jacobs broke through without time on the Centre Court.

losing a point, but Miss Marble, with As far as stroke production la con- brilliant overhead work, reduced the cerned. Miss Marble should be the wo-lead to 4-5. man champion. Yesterday she had

TWO MATCH POINTS everything but Miss Jacob's general.

tenth Miss Marble, serving in the ship and steadiness. That largely game, was 15-40 down-two match pulled Helen through together with balls to Miss Jacobs-but she came up Miss Marble's inability to clinch points to the net, volleyed for deuce and then on comparatively easy shots.

C. B. Holmes, A.A.A. and Empire Games sprint champion, is in training at Fallowfield, Manchester, for now honours. He hopes to win the European title for the first time. Our photo shows Holmes in training with his coach, 8. Grape Kershaw, at Fallowfield. Note the similarity of their action. (Copyright, Fox).

Mrs. Moody accepted the challenge and tacks of the Americans were severely.

the stayed at the back of the court. Ral-tested by Hughes and Wilde in lies of 80 or more strokes became fre- third set, but they could not quite quent, and neither could be tempted to match the skill of Budge and Mako. go up to the net. Mrs. Moody had a⠀⠀ Rain curtailed the programme, but 5-3 lead in the first set, was pulled the doubles match between the Hun- back, and afterwards the match became garlans, G. Dallos and O. Szigeti, and seemingly eternal.

H. Henkel and G. von Metaxa (Ger-

Mrs. Moody lost a set point in the many) was completed after the players sixteenth game, and in the twentieth had started the match on Court Two, Mrs. Sperling failed with two. Three and then continued on the Centre games in a row to Mrs. Moody brought Court. the set to an end after one and a quar-

ter hour at 12-10. ---

CROWD'S SIGH OF RELIEF

Women's Singles

(Holder, Mrs. Little, formerly Miss

It was a piece of luck that she got D. E. Round). to set point. Mrs. Sperling, who had retrieved magnificently, got to a drop shot, but for some unaccountable rea- son she completely missed the ball. The crowd breathed a sigh of relief when Helen clinched the set.

Semi-Finals

Miss H H. Jacobs (U.S.A.)- beat Miss A. Marble (U.S.A.), 6-4, 6-4.

Mrs. F. S. Moody (U.S.A.) beat Mrs. S.. Sperling (Denmark), 12-10, 6-4,

Mixed Doubles

(Holders, J. D. Budge and Miss A. Marble).

Mrs. Moody was pale, and fast losing her strength, but she found some pace in the second set to establish a 2-0

Fifth Round (Complete) lead. Mrs. Sperling still fought dog- gedly, however, and continued to get beat J. S. Olliff and Mrs. E. L. Heine H. Henkel and Mrs. S. P. Fabyan back almost everything. The set was

A. D. Russell and Miss F. James beat

level at 2-all, and Mrs. Sperling broke Miller, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. - through for 4-8. Helen replied__toj make it 4-all, won her service for 5-4, C. Boussus and Miss N. Wynne, 6-2,

7-9, 6-4, and broke through in the tenth game

R. A. Shayes and Miss J. Saunders beat J. Brugnon and Miss T.. Coyne, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5. ^

Men's Doubles

2

to win after losing one match point.

HOLDERS WIN. Donald Budge and G. Mako (U.S.A.), holders, entered the final of the men's doubles championship, defeating the (Holders, J. D. Budge and G. Mako, British pair, G. P. Hughes and F. H. D. U.S.A.).

Fourth Round Wilde, 6-2, 6-4 12-10. There was

F. Kukuljevic and J. Pallada beat J. curious incident in the fifth game of the first set, when Hughes served a B. Sturgeon and G. L. Tuckett, 6-3, ball which kicked up chalk. Budge 10-8, 6-4. moved away, thinking the game was H. Henkel and G. von Metaxa beat G. over, but the linesman had called "out," Dallos and O. Szigeti, 6-4, 8-0, 9-7,

Semi-Final and after a discussion with the umpire, Budge went back to the baseline. J. D. Budge and G. Mako beat G. P. The team work and vigorous net at- Hughes and F. H. Wilde, 6-2, 12-10.

obtained advantage point. A tense NETTING ERRORS -

rally, which Miss Jacobs won, followed, There were several breaks through and then she obtained another match the service in the first set, leaving the point by passing Miss Marble for the match all-square after six games. In fourth time in the match with a glori- the eighth game, Miss Jacobs profited|ous shot down the line. by Miss Marble's netting errors to Once more she was denied victory, break through once more for 5-3. She however, and still again Miss Marble FOR could not hold her own service, and had a point for the game, but she stay was 40-15 down in the tenth game.

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CHAMPIONSHIP DEFERRED "Miss Marble was so good, ou pooially at the not, that there is no doubt that her first Wimbledon championship is merely deforráð. There could not be a more direct contrast between yesterday's two semi. Attache Cases finalone so brimful of beautiful

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What happened ·· then probably had a bearing on the ultimate rc- sult. Miss Marble was presented with an easy smash, which she hit down into the net. As the ball. bounced back she kicked it, and seemed unsettled for the rest of the game. Miss Jacobs won the service once more for the set, 6-4.

INCREDIBLE SPEED .... Miss Marble hit the ball with incre- dible speed and accuracy in the second strokes and attacking tennis, and the lat Cases tost, but Miss Jacobs was almost as other a long and uninteresting encoun good, and certainly the steadier, slash- ter, between two players each waiting Ing over her backhand driven to keep for the other to make a mistake. level. The match reached its peak in the sixth and seventh games. Misa Mrs. Sperling" was determined to Marble levelled at 8-all, with long rak keep the rallies going at all costs, and

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