DAVIS CUP MATCH

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 201, 26 July 1937, Page 7

DAVIS CUP MATCH

BRITAIN v. U.S.A. ONE SINGLES EACH. BUDGE AND AUSTIN WIN. ! t - •' C (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copy ri gilt.) LONDON, July 24. In the final Davis Cup challenge tie at Wimbledon between Great Britain (holders) and the United States, J. D. Budge (U.S.A.) beat C. E. Hare (Great Britain), 15—13, 6—l, 6—2 and H. W. Austin (Great Britain) beat F. A. Parker (U.S.A.), 6-3, 6—2, 7—5. Austin, who has the reputation of not having lost a first match in a Davis Cup challenge round since Great Britain won the trophy, opened confidently against Parker. He captured Parker s service in the eighth game and won tho first set 6—3. The match was chiefly a battle of orthodox driving in which Austin was superior. Nevertheless the Englishman, although lacking a really effective smash, won many points by forcing Parker out of position and killing lus returns. Austin took the second set, 6—2. , . • Parker, who never reproduced his form in the Wimbledon championship, made a better fight in the third sot. Although Austin had many lapses, lie led 4—2, dropping two match points yi the tenth game. He took the twelfth after double-faulting and two deuces. The Englishman’s unexpectedly easy win was due to his exploitation of the ability to outmanoeuvre the American. The tall left-hander Hare, making his first appearance in a Davis Cup match, played magnificently in the first set against Budge and won many service points, including aces. He frequently out-volleyed Budge to lead 3—l. Budge evened at 4—4. Hare won Budge’s service to love and a chance for the set, but, volleying wildly, he dropped liis own service, after which in „a series of hard-fought games, many going to deuce, each held service until 14_13. Hare, always behind, saved several set points and Budge, despite his good form, was unable to capture Hare’s service until the twenty-eighth game, when the Englishman, tiring, double-faulted three times and lost the set after five deuces, 15 —13. The set occupied 65 minutes and was one of the longest in the history of the Davis Cup. The Englishman’s bolt was apparently shot. The crowded court, which had been rapturously applauding Hare’s courageous fight subduedly watched Budge coolly take a s—l lead and capture the next set in twelve minutes, 6—l. Although Hare in the third set fought three games to deuce and once held his service to love. Budge, exploiting speed with his cannonball shots and whole armament of strokes, went on. generally untroubled to take the match with a final ace.

STEDMAN WINS. SHEFFIELD TOURNEY. LONDON, July 25. In the Sheffield tennis final A. C. Stedman (New Zealand) beat Butler, 13—11, B—6.