The annual hardeourt championship tournament at th Cercle Sportif Francais was resumed on Nov. 5, with a heavy schedule of matches which were all played off without any delay.
The scores were again one-sided and only the doubles match with Berents and Meise against Joe 'Tavares and Canavarro was closely fought, the former pair coming out victors' after having gone the list of three setts, ap a score of 9-7,3 3. Guy Cheng, the youthful Chi: nese who has made such remarkable Progress this year that he was given the honour of playing the sec-fond singles in the recent Interport ries at Hongkong, where he won engagement against Fincher, joined with Paul Kong, a Chin Davis Cup player, to beat Wade and Goulmy without much difficulty' by 6-2 and 6-1, They will meet Maxcy Smith and ©, C. Squires to qualify for the final against Berents and Meise.
The Indi singles reached the semifinal stage. Miss Collaco and Miss Rudge, who are in the upper section of the draw, emerged winners against Miss Prince and respectively, by scores 6-2, 6-1, and 6-2, 6-2, while Mrs, Rau eliminated Mrs. Duncan the safe margin of 6-3 and 6-1 'The men's singles also are in the semi-finals, Berents having defeated Hurbin' at 6-8 and 6-4. It was good. match, although Berents won it by straight scores.
One of the most long drawn-out matches in local tennis history took place on Nov. 6 when Mrs. Dvorjetz, the former Harbin champion and present holder of the Shanghai Tadies'™ singles. championship, Mrs." Rau battled to a score of G14 in the frst sett.
The winner tock the second sett at 6-4 and s0 entered the final Of the ladies' section. In the men division, Billy Yui, the 1930 Shanghai_junior champion, eliminated T.
Hung, to reach the final, also in straight actts, at 7-5 and Besides the above encounters, two. other matches were down to be played, but only one materialised. Mme, Mary and Mme, Barr won from Miss Prince and Mrs Lambert by 6-4 and 6-1 and Mme. Mary gave They defeated Mrs. Dvorjetz Miss Rudge in three setts at 3-6, 6-4, "Dud" Squires and Smith also performed extremely well in disposing of the strong Chinese pair, Guy Cheng snd Paul Kong, winning the second and third setts after losing the first, with final score of 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Two other encounters completed the programme. John Berents beat Sung to qualify for the final of. the men's singles," at two 6-3 setts, while Mme. Meadmore and Gordon Lum made short, work of Miss Rudge and A. L. Meise by 6-3 Mand 6-0.
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