TENNIS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2695, 28 December 1909, Page 6

TENNIS.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. ; ri’Eit PitESH Association.l AUCKLAND;/Dec; 27. The following are. details. of. the New Zealand, lawn tennis champion-* ships, begun to-day : INlen’s Championship Singles.—First round :* Webber beat Duthie, . 6—4, 9—7, 3 —6, 6—2; Peacock beat;:.Sher-f riffs, 6—3, 6 —2, 3 —-6, 6 —3; Robson beat Maddison, 6 —2, 6 —l, 6—o/ Blair beat Mowbray, 6—-3, 6 —2, 6—2; A. F; Wilding beat W. A. Brown, 6- 1 -2, 6—• 0, 6—o; Hanna beat Smith, 6— 3, 6—4, 6—4; H;;-W. Brown beat A. Hickson, 7—5, 6—l, 6—2; Grossman beat F. Wilding, senr., 6—2. 6— 7 3, 6 0; F! M. B. Fisher beat T. It. Grig-

son, 6—o, 6 —2, 3 —6, 6—l; 5... Upton beat G. Arouse. 6 —4. 6-4-4, I—6, .2 6, 6—2; Hankins beat Hunt, 6—l, &I—3, 6—l; Henderson a bye from Quill; Ebbe.tt beat Black, 6—o, '6—4, 6—2. ; ' ' ’ Ladies’ Championship Singles.—First round: Miss Travers beat Miss G. Gorrie.,; 6—2, 6 —4; Miss Williams beat Miss Demant, 6 —3, 6 —l; Miss Nunhelly beat Miss M. Cooper, 6 —o, 6 —l; Miss PowdrelL beat Miss P. Gorrie, 6—o, .6 —1;.; Miss Baird beat Miss B. Cock, ,6—4, 4—6, 6—3 j Mis s A. Gray beat Miss R. Wellwood, 4—6,^6 —4, 6 4;.Miss Bassam beat Miss K. Braitliwaite; 6—2, 6—3; Miss E. Wellwood beat Mrs. Cooper, B—6,8 —6, 6—4. Second round: Miss Nunnelly beat Miss E. Wellwood.

Miss Nunnelly is now in the semifinal of this event. . . Men’s Championship Doubles.—First roud: Moody and Robson beat Baker and Black, '6—3, B—6, 7—5; Harman and Collins beat Hanna and Hunt, 7 5, 6—3, 6 —4; Mowbray and Duthie beat Ebbett and - Webber, G —3, 7—9, 6—3. 5—7, 6—l; Dr. Keith, and Heather beat W. A. Brown and A. Upton, (5—4. 6—2, 6—4; F. Wilding and A. F. Wilding beat H. Henderson and Maddison, 6 —o, 6—O, 6 —3 ; Fisher and Peacock beat Slier riff and Smith, 6 —o, 6—o, 6—l; Grigson and Alan Brown beat'Morpeth and Hawkins, 6—4, 4 6, 6 —2. 6 —3; H. W. Brown and Blair beat Hickson and Grossman, 10 —8, 6—4,- 6 —3. Second round: F. Wilding and A. F. Wilding beat Dr. Keith and Heather, 9—7, 6—4, 6 —l; Moody and Robson beat Harman and Collins, 63, 6—2, 6—2. Ladies’ Championship Doubles.— First round: Misses Gray and Towdrel beat Misses Pi' Gorrie and M. Cooper, 6—o, 6 —l; Misses Nunnelly and Braithwaite beat Misses Baird and. E. Wellwood, 7— 5, 6—3; Mrs. Cooper and Miss' Williams beat Misses Eva Wellwood and E. Irvine, 6—4, 6—l.

Combined Championship Doubles.— First round: Miss Braithwaite and Peacock beat Miss M. Cooper and Hunt, 6—l, 6—3: Miss Travers and Fisher beat Miss P. Gorrie and Heather, 6 —4,6 —1. Second round : Miss Gray and Dr. Keith beat Miss R. Wellwood and H. W. Brown, 6—4, 6—B, 6—2; Miss Powdrell and Hickson beat Miss E. Martin and Hanna. 6—l, 6—o; Miss Nunnelly and A. F. Wilding beat Miss G. Gorrie and Upton, 6 —o, 6 —2; Miss Williams and Blair beat Miss Neville and Slierriff, 6—l, 6 —2; Miss Biss and Henderson beat Miss E. Wellwood and. Maddison, 6—3, 7—5.