1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Second Round.In the second round, after playing five sets, the Lowes had to acknowledgedefeat at the hands of A. H. Gobert and M. Germot (France). The latter pairlost the first two sets by 3—6, 6—8 but won the next three pretty easily by 6—4,6—2, 6—3.SEMI-FINALS.The first match was between Dixon—Beamish (Great Britain) and Gobert—Germot (France). The Frenchmen won a very easy victory by 6—3, 6—1, 6—2,Beamish being altogether out of form.The second semi-final was perhaps the most exciting match of any in the competition,the winners of the Gold Medal at the Olympic Games of London, 1908,A. W. Gore—H. Roper-Barrett playing against G. Setterwall — C. Kempe(Sweden). At first, things went badly for the Swedes, who appeared to be a littleuncertain in their game, and the first two sets went to their opponents by 6—4,6—3. Then came a wonderful change however, and from this point to theend of the match, the Swedish players easily held the upper hand, winning thelast three sets by 6—1, 6—4, 6—3. The victory awakened a storm of enthusiasmamong the spectators.C. P. Dixon—E. A. Beamish (Great Britain) played for the third prize againsttheir fellow countrymen, A. W. Gore—H. Roper-Barrett, and won by 6—2,0—6, 10—8, 2—6, 6—3.FINAL.The final in the Gentlemen’s Doubles (covered courts) between A.H. Gobert—M. Germot (France) and G. Setterwall—C. Kempe(Sweden) was another delightful match, and probably the finest of anyin the covered court competitions, all the players being in brilliantform. The serve dominated the game so entirely that each set wasnearly always taken by the server. In the first, however, Setterwallwas unlucky enough to lose a serve-game, and the set was taken bythe Frenchmen by 6—4. When 25 games had been played in thesecond set, Germot lost his serve and the set was won by Setterwall—Kempe by 14—12. In the third and fourth sets the Swedes felloff somewhat, but still gave their opponents a very good game, whowon here by 6—2, 6—4, thereby carrying off the Olympic Gold Medal.The fine play of the Swedes against such a strong combination asGobert—Germot at their best, gained them the honour of beingcalled “a great pair”, by the English journal, “Lawn Tennis and Badminton”.MIXED DOUBLES.Preliminary rounds.The idea prevailed that, in the Mixed Doubles, Mrs. M. Parton and Mr. T.M. Mavrogordato, the winners of the Wimbledon championship in 1911, wouldcarry off the final honours here too, but they were beaten in the second round byMrs. Hannam and C. P. Dixon, 2—6, 6—4, 6—3. The pair last mentioned werethus certain of being in the final.On the’ other half of the programme, Miss F. H. Aitchison and H. Roper-Barrettfought their way onwards to meet the two players just mentioned. In the semi-624