With a little more practice in playing together Wilde and Tuckey might well have extended the American challengers to the full five sets. The losers combination was definitely inferior to that of their opponents who consequently were alert to find the "gaps" for sending in winning shots. Apart from that the Englishmen probably astonished their friends by the excellent showing Which they made. Wilde took a little time to settle down, as the first set score told, but in the second and third set particularly he was magnificent. The mere fact that the total game score was 32-27 does not fully indicate the closeness of the struggle.
The Englishmen ran their opponents to deuce many times. The outstanding player was, of course Donald Budge. As the commentator parenthetically remarked after one of those many occasions when Budge had effectively disappointed a bright English hope, "Budge makes no mistakes" In putting up so fine a fight in the doubles the holders dis" sipated the notion that the Americans would have an easy passage. Presumably the result of the singles last night consolidated America's lead in a well-deserved victory, for it. is unthinkable that Budge should go down before Austin, even if by some unexpected stroke of luck for England Parker should succumb to Hare. The rallies in the doubles were seldom of great length. Although the match lasted two hours, the play consisted chiefly of fierce serving followed by fierce killing shots with clever manceuvring for position in which the winners were supreme. Budge therefore should have been in fine trim for his singles match against Austin.
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