Japan will meet the United States in_the remaining semi-final of the Roper Cup International Tennis Doubles at the Association Court on the French Club grounds on Tue: August 27, beginning at 5.30 p.m.
Lewis Cerson, who has been local singles champion here for many y is now in Japan but is expected to return in time to take the court with C. C. Squires against the Japanese pair of Shibanai and Baba who have been playing as Number 1 couple for the Japanese Tennis Club in league encounters. If Carson returns in time, the Americans will be favoured io win despite the excellent teamwork of the Japenese. On past performance, the Americans should win ior the Japanese pair were defeated in league play.
The winners of the Japan-United States match on Tuesday will enter the final where they must face China Both the remaining semi-final and the final should be hard-fought matches well worth watching. Carson and Squires have played tournament doubles together for many years and if they beat Japan on Tuesday, China will have to display much better tennis than she did against Britain to win the Roper Cup this year.
It is announced by the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association that on Tuesday for the semi-final between Japan and the United States an ed-mission charge of 50 cents will be levied, and that entrance to the Association court will be from Avenue Joffre through the Children's Pla ground, across from the Cath Hongkong Soccer Team Win at Rangoon Rangoon, Aug. 20. In the first of three matches on their return to Hongkong via Singapore and Manila, the Sing Tao team, Chinese soccer tourists from Hongkong, beat a non-service XI here today by two goals to nil, At half time neither team had scored—
Reuter.
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