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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989

WIMBLEDON

ALL-AMERICAN

MEN'S

SINGLES FINAL

Puncec And Henkel Fall Before U.S. Onslaught

LEAGUE TENNIS

MCNEILL AND

RECREIO FIGHT HARD MISS STAMMERS BUT LOSE BY BIG MARGIN ELIMINATED

There were no surprises in yesterday's programme of “C” Divi- sion tennis matches all favoured teams winning with something to

spare.

It was thought possible that Recreio, entertaining Chinese Recreation Club, might be able to put up a good fight but they were never in the picture. Starting off strongly, CCC. won

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the first round by 21⁄2-1⁄2 and at mum......................................................... the end of the second were leading 41⁄2-11⁄2

Despite several close tussles in the final round, Recreio were un- able to win a point and C.R.C. emerged comfortable victors.

Been in

LEAGUE TABLE”

-Sets Sets P. W. DL. For Agst. Pts. S.C.A.A. 6 5 '1 34% 19% 11 K.T.G.C.A... 5 5 — — 32 13 10 C.R.C.

54- Recreio R.P.S.C.

A dour struggle was this last round between L. A. [C.C.C. Carvalho and A. M. Remedios and C.B.A. Pang Oi-lam and Ma Wai-kwong, L.R.C. the latter, the former Kowloon Tong combination.

1 362 88

6 3 1

2 301⁄2 23% 7

4 1-

3 12 232

3 10% 25%

5

5 141⁄2 301⁄2 0

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5 9 36

Wimbledon tournament will be contested by two London, To-day. The Men's Finals in the

Americans, R. L. Riggs, and E. T. Cooke, who quali- fied yesterday by virtue of victories over Puncee of Yugo-Slavia, and Henner Henkel of Germany, res- pectively.

A large crowd of spectators, including the Duchess of Kent, was on hand for the matches which were played on the Centre Court.

The German champion, Henkel, and Puncec of Yugo-Slavia was dis- was obviously not at his best and tinctly boring, with neither player his usual effective service refused making any effort to attack. Riggs to function.

finally won 6–2, 6–3, 6–£.

Cooke took the lead from the be-

Nether pair did very much at-lost to O. L. Pang and L. K. Ma 4-eginning, running the score up to tacking.. although Carvalho did

lost to F. K. Lau and L. R. Hon 4-6 4-0 before Henkel found his bear-

J. C. Fonseca and M. A. Gutterresings. Having won the set make strenuous efforts to win (C. de R.).

68, points outright with his overhead. lost to Ma and Iu

Cooke relaxed slightly and Henkel 3-6 lost to Pang and Ma The consistent groundstrokes of lost to Lau and Hon.

took a lead of 4-2 in the second 1-6 46 set, finally going out at 6-4. Pang and the lobbing of Ma, de- cided the encounter and C.R.C. got

In the third set, each player won home at the vantage game.

his service until the fifth game when Cooke broke through and then won the next two games with- out difficulty.

STEADIEST PAIR

The veteran C.R.C. combination of Lau Fook-ki and L. F. Hon were the steadiest pair for the winners and they won all three sets by 6-4, Lau was very; reliable in all departments, his canny placements being a prominent feature of his

game.

H. A. and G. A. Noronha (C. de R.). drew with Pang and Ma beat Ma and Iu

6-0 66 4-6

lost to Lau and Hon

S.C.A.A. SUCCESS.

Club 7-2 Two of the Radio Postal 'S.C.A.A. beat Radio Postal Sports players did not play..

T. Kwok and H. C. Kwok (8.C.ATA:). beat D. Leonard and G. Singh 75 beat C. M. Lee and K. M. Lemg 6-2 T.K. Leung and C. L. Lan (8.C.A.A.). lost to Leonard and Singh .:. beat Lee and Leung

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H. T. Bee and Y. K. Ng (8.C.A.A.). His partner's mistakes were at a lost to Leonard and Singh minimum,

beat Lee and Leung

Iu Tak-lam, the former "A" Di- vision player, was the best indivi- dual player on view and his crisp driving and sound volleying paved the way for success. Lefthanded S. L. Ma, was also reliable and hit rather harder than the remainder! of the Chinese team.

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6-

NARROW WIN

8. Leonard and N. Leonard (Crai gengower).

zack

5-7 beat S. A. R. Bux and E. Kitchell 64

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His superiority over his oppon- ent being obvious, Riggs resorted to merely keeping the ball in play until the Yugo-Slav drove it out of court or into the net.

In the men's doubles the Ameri- can pair Cooke and Riggs defeated. Britain in five sets by the Billington and Hughes of Great of 6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-2 and 11-9. after a long struggle.

score

-The two Americans appeared to

thus required nearly three hours to in the singles semi-finals and they be rather tired from their exertions

eliminate the British pair from the competition.

MIXED DOUBLES

playing a defensive game, Cooke In the fourth set, with Henkel ran away with a 5-2 lead before Henkel showed a glimpse of true form, winning the next two games in rapid succession.

With the score at 54, Cooke lish pair F. Wilde and Miss Brown In the mixed doubles, the Eng- launched the next two games for the loss of tion of Kukuljević and Mme. Ma- a brilliant attack, taking beat the Yugoslav-French combina- only one point to win the match by thieu 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and they follow- scores of 6-3, 4-6, 6-4,

ed up this success by eliminating in the next round the Anglo-Ameri- can pair, McNeil and Miss K. Stam-

BORING MATCH

beat A. M. Rumichel and D. Ra-tween the American Bobby Riggs doubles, Russel and Mrs. Hammers-- The second semi-final match bemers, by the score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. lost to A. R. Kitchell

In the third round of the mixed ley defeated R. S. Nicoll and Miss Wenyon 6-2, 6-3, and Boussus and Mlle. Henrotin eliminated R. K. Tinkler and Miss Margot Lumb by 7-5, 6-4.

G-Winch and H. King (Craigen- ARMY TENNIS gower).

For Recreio, Carvalho and Re-beat Rumjahn and Ram medios, who have a very fine re- lost to Kitchell and Razack cord in the League to date, played lost to Bux and Kitchell the best tennis but lost all three sets.

The Noronha brothers were also impressive, while Fonseca and Gu- terres showed signs of promise and should improve with more exper- fence.

RADIO DO WELL

8. K. Chang and P. C. Yu (Craigen- gower). lost to Kitchell and Razack beat Rumjahn and Kam beat Bux and Kitchell

C.B.A. LOSE

R.A.0.C. SECURE

NARROW WINow, in progress have thus far re-

The Women's Doubles which is

sulted in Miss. Harvey and Irs. Royal Army Ordnance Corps beat Mrs. Dorothy Round Little

King defeating Miss Cartwright, and Royal Army Medical Corp, by 6———4, In

7-5 their “A” Division Army League ten-11-9 and Mrs. Hammersley and Miss nis match, at : Sookungoo yesterday. Kay

mers eliminating Sig.

* Lt. Col. Smith and Major Harrison San Donninno✨ and Sig. CA (RAM.C.).

C.B.A. lost to Kowloon Tong 24-6%%%

Fowler and D. (CBA).

Smitt

lost to Cpl. Duffield and Cpl. Em-

berson

6-2

beat Capt. Tracy and S/Cd

Bing

lett

***

beat Lam Kwan and S. L. Chen

Radio and Postal Sports Club lost to Lin and T. E. Ling

playing with only two pairs did beat W. H. Wei and Y. C. Lee

very well to take two sets off South

China, potential champions. David

Leonard and G. Singh were rea- | Just ponsible for both nets:

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Club de Recreio lost.

lost to

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beat S.Q.M.S. Buckle and Pt

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lost to Duffield and Emberso

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to Duffield

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winner in the difficult, but many will defeat this Ithough the lat- according

will hether

tennia at Wims

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