Indriksen Gives Chinese Opponent Hard Tussle Harry K, F. Li, a leading tennis player of the younger generation, breezed through all the preliminary rounds of the Shanghai men's junior singles championship yesterday when he dropped E, T. Indriksen, another youthful Russian start, out of the way in the semi-finals in three straight sets of 6-4, 7-5, 7-9 and 6-2 on the court of the County Athletic Club.
The Chinese was fully extend by his Russian adversary in every one of the sets played as the score indicates, He showed greater power in service and net play which won him victory, The loser worked well on the base-line but could not assert himself in the front court where volley and smash became the order of play, He was often baffied by his opponent's aggres-sivaness.
In the first set Indriksen appeared rather nervous and Li played with caution so that exchanges were quite interesting and were keenly made. Service prevailed and the Chinese made the most of it to win by 64.
The second session saw a grim battle, The trailer evidently found his feet and gave Li the sternest opposition the Chinese has yet encountered. Both players had the chance to get on top as games mounted evenly. At ' five-all Li broke his rival's service game and brought off a 7-5 score for a clean lead of two sets, More exciting sequences were seen in the following set when the games went to 6-6, Li rode the crest while Indriksen played desperately and succeeded in shooting ahead with the set by a score of 9-7, Tndriksen suddenly showed indifferent form when the fourth set was under way, and almost came to a standstill," Li, on the other hand, tightened up to come through with the loss of only two games for a 6-2 tally.
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