Costa as Light Fails Harry K. F. Li ànd Poker Tong led A. S. Costa and B. V. de Senna in semi-final round of Shanghai two sets to one 6-4, 9-7, 3-6 and 5-3 in the fourth yesterday on the S.L.T.A. court before darkness set in and broke up the match.
The Chinese held a match-point at 40-30 on Tong's service in the eighth game of the unfinished fourth set. But the Chinese netted an easy return to allow the opponents to reach deuce and then reel off the next two points, thereby causing the games to stand at 5-3. Through mutual agreement play was abruptly ended and will be resumed tomorrow, starting at 5 pin, at. the same place The first set saw the Portuguese pair win the first three games. Costa served first and was followed by Li. But Tong woke to life in the fourth game and assisted Li to deadlock the score by taking three in a row. Senna won the fourth to put his side in the lead again. However, Tong's delivery was superb and he encountered no trouble to go on a second spree, winning three games in succession and bringing a close to the opening set at 6-4.
The Portuguese couple made another good start in the second session when Tong lost his first service game after one-all. Senna won the fourth to obtain a 4-1 advantage.
The third set started with the teams breaking each other's service in the first four games. Li won the fifth but Costa and Senna volleyed beautifully in the next four games. The Chinese were totally upset by the turn of luck and trailed 6-3.
Thiggs again went wrong for the Portuguese players as soon as thr fourth session got under way. ud Tong took the first three games dropped two and gained as many to build a comfortable lead of 5-2. Tong broke down after holding a match point at 40-30. He drove Costa's return into the net to make the score deuce. The Chinese lost control and yielded the next pair of points before play was stopped.
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*Ten innings.
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