TENNIS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2696, 29 December 1909, Page 7

TENNIS.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION TOURNEY.

IPku PiiKsa Association^ AUCKLAND, Dec. 28, The following are the details of today’s play for the tennis championships : —Men’s Championship Singles. Second Round : Harman beat Webber, 6—4, 6—2, 4—6, 6—3; Peacocke beat Robson, 6—l, 6—o, 6—o; A. I. Wilding beat Blair, 6 —2, 6—2, 3 6, 6—3; H. W. Brown beat Hanna, 6—2, 6—l 6—l; Ebbett beat Grossman, 6—3, 6—2, 6—l; Fisher beat Upton, 5 7—5, 6—2, 6—l; Hawkins beat Hendersoin, 6—o, 6—l, 6—3; Dr. Keith boat Allan Brown, 6 —4, 6—3, 6 —3. Third Round: Peacocke beat Harman, 6—3, 6 —2, 6 —l; A. F. Wilding beat H. W. Brown, 6—l, 6—3, 6 —l; Fisher beat Ebbett, 6—l, 6 —4, retired ; Hawkins beat Dr. Keith. 7—6, 3—6, 6 4. 7—5, 6—4. Semi-final: A. F. Wilding beat J. C. Peacocke, B—6, 6 —2, 6—o. The winner of the Fisher-Hawkins match plays Wilding in the final. —Ladies’ Championship Singles. —

Second Round: Miss Travers beat Miss Williams, B—6, 10—8; Miss Powdrell beat Miss Baird, 6 —o, 6—2; Miss Gray beat Miss Batham, 6—3, 6- —2. —Men’s Championship Doubles. —

Second round: Fisher and Peacocke beat Mowbray and Dutliie, 6—o, 6—2, 6—2, H. Brown and Blair beat Grigson. and Allan Brown, 6—4, 6—3, 7—5. Third Round (semi-final): Fisher and Peacocke beat Moody and Robson, 6 —2, 6—4, 6—3.. —Ladies’ Championship Doubles. — First Round: Misses - Travel's and. R. Wellwood beat Misses B. Cock and Batham, 6 — 4, 6 — 4. Second Round (semi-final): Misses Gray and Powdrell beat Misses Travers and Wellwood, 7 —5, B—lo, 6—l ;Misses Nunnelly and Braithwaite beat Mrs. Cooper and Miss Williams, 6—3, 6—l. —Combined Championship Doubles. —

First Round: Miss Baird and Webber beat Mrs. Cooper and Grigson, s—7>5 — 7> 6—3. 9—7.-

Second Round: Miss Eileen Wellwood and Ebbett beat Miss J. Cooke and Harman, 7—5, 7 —5 ; Miss Braithwaite and Peacoke beat Miss Baird and Webber, 6 —2, 7—5 ; Miss Travers and Fir’ier beat Miss Cock and A. Brown, 6—2, 6—3. Third Round: Miss Williams and Blair beat Miss C. Biss and Henderson, 6—3, 6—o.