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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1989

Recreio Pair

Cause Upset

W.C. Hung & E.C. Fincher pair would win fairly comfortably,

Fincher and Hung rallied from 1-4 down. Some of the best tennis of

Fail Against A. V. Gosano the match was witnessed in subse- And J. J. Remedios

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quent games, the score ultimately reaching 12 all, when the Portu- guese pair cracked up, Remedios driving into the net on two`occa- sions, while Gosano overdrove the À. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios caused a major upset yesterday baseline. in the First Round of the Colony's Open Doubles Championship, when The exertions of the second set they beat E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung after a gruelling encounter had disastrous effect on the in which the second set was taken to 26 games before the losing pair | K.C.C. pair, who could do little the net on every possible occasion virtually turned the tide in their right. Remedios and Gosano, on the squared the issue. Fincher and Hung cracked up badly in the final other hand, immediately settled set, however, when the Recreio pair only dropped one game for set down to a steady brand of tennis and match.

and won the first three games in a Both Fincher and Hung were in very disappointing form, the row, conceded the fourth and then latter especially failing at the net where his overhead was shock-won the next three in a row for set ingly weak. Fincher was well below his usual form, but in fair-and match. ness to the winners, it must be said that the Portuguese pair play- ed a brand of tennis far and above expectations.

Summed up in a few words, the Portuguese pair's storming of the net on everl possible occasion virtually turned the tide in their favour, for Fincher and Hung's lobbing was invariably short or

very rare.

Gosano was probably the stead- iest of the four players on view, al- though Remedios' splendid first service and grand overhead work gained many valuable points at a crucial stage of the match. Reme- dios, who is a well-known badmin- ton player, brought several of these strokes into play, his angle volley- ing and drop shots in the corners just over the net, frequently beat- ing Fincher and Hung. His best stroke, however, was a top-spin drive which dropped quickly, com- pletely deceiving the veteran Tournament pair.

Although Remedios' backhand was very reliable, his forehand vol- leying let him down on many occa- sions. Gosano was content to drive from the baseline, but frequently stormed the net where his inter- ceptions secured several winners.

Hung's usually reliable backhand drive misfired more often than not, while instead of playing to Gosano, who was very weak at the net, both Hung and Fincher concentrated on Remedios with disastrous results, the latter's accurate backhand vol- leying scoring outright winners.

The second set provided a ding- -dong-struggle and although at one stage it looked as if the Portuguese

To-Day's Tennis Matches

Three matches in the Colony Singles Tennis Championship will be featured this afternoon, the most interesting encounter being between Sirdar Rumjahn and George Choa. H. D. Rumjahn, who scraped through the first round at the expense of Wong Fuk-nam, will meet the left- handed H. Kwok.

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The following is to-day's pro- gramme, giving the number of the court on which the match is being played:**

Open Singles

S. A. Rumjahn v. George Choa (5), Wong Shiu-wing v. W. K, Ma (7), F H. Kwok v. H. D. Rumjahn (8).

Club Championship

T. J. Gould v. B. O'M. Deane (1), T.

A. Pearce v. T. C. Monaghan (2).

Handicap Mixed Doubles

Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Walkden (+2.6)

v. H. J. Scull and Miss G: Scull (+9,6) (8).

Club Handicap Doubles

R. C. Beavan and A, K. Mackenzie (-1.6) v. E. R. and T. J. Price (~~1.8) (4).

Club Handicap Singles

Capt. R.. B. Lecky (—15), v. C. M. Stark (+8.6) (6).

In the other matches, Capt. Loch and Lt. Tomlinson proved no match for Ho Ka-lau and Lee Yue-wing, while the I.R.C. pair of I.M.A. Ra- zack and A. R. Minu also advanced

to the next round.

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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

AT A GLANCE

Yesterday's results at a glance

were:-

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Open Singles Peter U bent Lieut. J. S. Theo- bald 6-1, 1—–6, 6–1.

S. W. Liang beat Wel Chung 6-4, 64.

Open Doubles

I. M. A. Razack and A. R. Minu beat Tsol Ping-dan and Ng Kam- chuen 6-4, 7-5.

Lee Yue-wing and Ho Ka-lau beat Lieut. J. M. Tomlinson and L. * J. C. Loch 6-1, 6-1.

A. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios beat E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung 6-3, 12-14, 6-1.

Club Handicap Singles

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F. A. Joseph (-1.6) beat C. W. E. Bishop (—1.0) 0—4, 7-5.

E, R. Childe (+1.6) bent L. P. Ralph (+1.6) 6———4, 6———4.

Surg. Comdr. C. B. Nicholson (-3,6) beat J. Thomson (—2,6) 2-0, 6-4, 6-4.

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