JACKED galleries watched Lewis Carson batter the veteran V. T. Wang into submission in four sets under a blazing sun yesterday, to win his seventh successive singles championship. Searching for an adequate adjective to describe the winner's play, the word "imperturbable" springs foremost to the mind. Steadily and relentlessly he wore his.older opponent down, refusing to be ruffled when the tide turned against him in the second set. Wang. on the other hand, after a brilliant spell in the second; appeared to become completely demoralized in the third set and finally defaulted disappointingly after the 36th game, to deprive Carson of the satisfaction of winning in actual combat The veteran Chinese star made his] hia effort in the second set, Placing his shots beautifully Wang passed Carson repeatedly and had him rum-ning all over the court while he reeled off three games in rapid sequence Carson reverted to high lobs but Wang dealt with these efficiently, tucking them away in the corners with hard overhead smashes well beyond the reach of the younger man.
In the ninth game Wang was not to be denied. He unleashed a barrage of terrific forehand drives across the court which penned Carson down to the base line and kept him continually on the run, Fighting back hard, the champion averted one set point only to see one his lobs smashed beyond reach for Wang to walk away with the set at 6-3.
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