The Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association's match court in the grounds of the Hotel Majestic was fittingly opened on Wednesday evening by some very fine exhibition tennis by Mr. A. W. Gore, a former All-England Champion and the captain of the first Davis Cup team, and three of the leading local players. 3
Mr. Gore opened with.a singles match against Mr. L. Parbury, the present holder of the Shanghai Singles Championship.
Gore won the opening game on his service, but after that weet down to 5-1 and Parbury took the set at 62. In the next Parbury was love-two, pulled up to 3-2, but could do no better, Gore winning four in succession and taking the set at 6-3. This was a magnificent set to watch, and deuce was called again and again. The process was reversed in the odd set, Parbury taking it at 6-3 and the match by two sets to one. The play was far less uneven than the score would suggest and the result in doubt to the end.
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