Paris, July 24.
First blood in the Davis" Cup challenge round went to France, Cochet beating Austin in four setts. Phe Englishman won the first sett for the loss of three games. The second sett went to twenty games, Gochet winning by 11-9, Cochet then got a grip on the game and won the next two setts for the match, the full score being 3—6, U9, 6-2, 6-4, The British player failed to maintain his promising opening, After winning the first sett he appeared th-be walking away with the second, and, with the ald et risy back-hand shots and beawtifal ground-wor ed by four games to one. Cochet later showed flashes of bril-Mance, he found his length, and, with great cross-court shots, levelled the score, It was a ding-dong Struggle until the score was nine games all, when Cochet broke through to win two games for sett.
In the second match, F. J. Perry, after a great five-sett struggle, beat Jean Borotra, to put Britain and France on level terms. The score was 4-6, 10-8, 60, 4—6, 64, Borotra's' strength and agility strongly contrasted with Cochet's Yestrained game. He smashed Perry's lobs and found the sideines with scorching drives.
Borotra won the first sett by G—4. Perry was not dismayed, and hho became steadier with his for but. his back-hand Borotra's appetite for lobs. The games went to S-all, Then Perry focke the seventeenth game and captured the sett with a beautiful Pithe British player dictated the ing. shot,
tactics in the third sett.—Borots obeyed him and stayed on the ba: Tine, and "Perry took the sett without' losing a. game. Perry led by games to 1 in the fourth sett, but Borotra took advantage of " the Briton's mistakes and captured the tt
grim struggle, but Porry ran out he fifth and deciding set wax 2 winner when. he found. an antidote to Borotra's overhead tactics. balanced, game, caught up to his. opponent's score, and eventually won the sett by 7/5.
In the second sett Borotra made a series of errors, but showed a sparkling recovery in the third sett, when he attacked fiercely. The games went to three-all, after which the Frenchman, with clever passing shots, wor the sett by 6/3.
Borotra kept Austin from the net in the fourth sett, but the Englishman resorted to lobbing with very successful results, winning the game and match by 7/6 after a close struggle, The drizzle which had persisted throughout the match between Austin and Borotra increased when Cochet and Perry came on to the court, and it is questionable whether such 'a decisive match should have been played. The crowd protested the players slithered about.
After leading by four games to one in the first sett Perry was put our of his stride and Cochet made great recovery and won the next five games for sett. Perry's great passing shots easily won him the second sett, Cochet getting only one game.
'The games went with the service in the third sett until the fifteenth Jgame, when the Frenchman broke through Perry's service. 'Then was all over, as Perry tired. po ceptible. "Cocket, displaying, dazzle ing form, had' no. difficulty in da Winning the fourth sett for match.
The wildest scenes were witnessed fat the finish, the court being transformed into rubbish heap under a hail of umbrellas, hats, cushions, Jand newspapers.
'The Davis Cup, first competed for' in 1900, was won in that year by the Uzited States, who has so far captured the trophy on more occasions than any other country. There was no competition in 1916- 16-17-18.
Altogether, the United cup on eleven Australasia on seven, France on five oath. Neither Japan nor Italy has: ever In 1901, the holders, were unchallenged, nor holders in 1910, Austra-called on to defend.
The United States won the competition for the first three years, for the next four, and for the next five. In By virtue of hor win in to-day's doubles, France now leads, Britain by two matches to one in the chal Tenge round for the Davis Cup. The weather turned sunny to-day atter vain had fallen throughout the night. The court, which was saturated, had to be dried with red dust, but it remained treacherous.
'The British couple, C. H. Kingsley. and G, P. Hughes, lost' to Cochet and Brungnon by 1/6, 7/5, 6/8, 8/6 Hughes and Kingsley were by no means as bad as the sore suggests, for at least a dozen times they were leading by 40-16. Brugnon was easily the best, player ofthe four, Kingsloy's service was far from good, quently finding the net and his second lacking sting. Cochet was was very feeble, while Hughes played a brilliant game, The Englishmen were outclassed the first sett after winning the first game, but they warmed up in the second sett. The games went with the service until the score was five-all, when the British couple broke through for the lead, and: finally won the sett at 7/5, afte having been at -mateh-point three times, The Frenchmen captured the third! sett without much of a struggle Th the fourth sett, Kingsley and Haghes Jed by four games to one, but. several. misunderstanding enabled the Frenchmen to pull up. and win, Suly 26. was won by Britain, the next year by the United States and in 1914 by Australasia, Then the war interrupted the contests for jer which, in 1919, the the United States won the trophy and held it until 1927, when France captured it and has retained it every year since then—Reuter,
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