The Archive · 1937

U.S, Mixed Doubles Success

Budge also qualified for the semifinals of the mixed doubles.

Part-nored by Miss -Alice Marble, the American national champion. he defeated: C.D.R. Tuckey and Miss Peggy Scriven (Britain) by 6-2, 6-2 Petra and Madame Mathieu (France) also entered the last four. defeating Borotra and Mile, Boegner 6-1, 8-6.

In the men's doubles, Hecht and Roderick Menzel, the Czechoslovakian Davis Cup pair, reached the semi finals at the expense of Jamain and Metaxa by 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Prince and Princess Chichibu and the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. S. Yoshida, were among those who saw Yamagishi (Japan) and Miss Betty Nuthall (Britain) take the measure of Wilde and Miss Whitmarsh, a seeded pair, by 6-3, 6-4 in a surprise win, The Japanese played a devastating game, serving aces and storming the net and smashing out of court Miss. Nuthall assisted nobly volleying well.

Another upset occurred in the third round of the women's doubles, wher Miss Andrus (America) and Mile.

Henrotin (France) beat, the seeded couple, Miss Helen Jacobs (America) and Mrs. Svend Sperling (Deum: by' 7-5, 6-8, 6-2.—Reuter

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