Budge and Wood Oust First Battalion Face Strong Opposition in Hopman and Grant; Exhibition Game on Racecourse Diamond Miss Marble Wins Forest Hills, Sept. 16.
Donald, Budge, outstanding tennis player in the world, and Sidney Wood, former American Davis Cup star, entered the semi-finals of the U.S. national open men's singles championship.
The entry of the two Americans into {ne semi-final round made it practically an all-American affair since only one of the four men is a non-American, Johnny Bromwich, who eliminated Joe Hunt yesterday, prevented the semi-finals from becoming a purely American competition.
Miss Alice Marble thrilled the galleries by defeating Miss Kay Stammers, 6-8, 6-3, 6-0, to enter the semifinals. As in the men's division so in the women's—an Australian player continued to be in the running against three Americans.
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