1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

quence of the bad luck attending him and his companion in the fourth, and playedfar below his form.Pipes and Zborzil thus qualified for the final, where they had to meet Kitsonand Winslow who, in their semi-final, had beaten L. Zemla and J. Just (Bohemia)by 4—6, 6—1, 7—5, 6—4.Canet—Mény met Zemla—Just for the bronze medal, the French pair winningafter a good game by 13—11, 6—3, 8—6.FINAL.The final between the Austrian representatives, F. Pipes—A. Zborziland the two South African players, A. H. Kitson—C. Winslow could,undoubtedly, have beenbetter, the last named players taking sometime before they found themselves, and losing the first set by 4—6.After this they led easily, and won the gold medal by 4—6, 6—1, 6—2,6—2.LADIES’ SINGLES.The Ladies’ Singles, too, lost much of their interest in consequenceof the absence of Frl. Rieck and Frl. Kaminski, both German representatives.M:lle Broquedis (France) and Frl. Köring (Germany) had been drawnin separate halves of the programme and, consequently, were prettysure finalists.First and second rounds.Before reaching the final, however, Frl. Köring had to meet two Swedishrepresentatives in succession; Mrs. S. Fick, the Swedish lady champion, who wasbeaten by 7—5, 6—3, and Mrs. E. Arnheim, who was defeated in the semi-final.SEMI-FINALS.M:lle Broquedis had a very severe struggle in one semi-final with Miss Bjurstedt(Norway), the three sets having to be played before the French representativewon, the final result being 6—3, 2—6, 6—4. Miss Bjurstedt is a very goodplayer, with long, hard drives and possessing a very safe racket.In the other semi-final, Frl. Köring beat Mrs. Arnheim comparatively easily by6—4, 6—3.In the match for the bronze medal, Miss Bjurstedt beat Mrs. Amheim by6—2, 6—2.FINAL.This match between M:lle Broquedis (France) and Frl. D. Köring(Germany) was a pretty exhibition of Ladies’ Tennis. The former wasa little uncertain to begin with, but her litheness and pace awakenedgeneral admiration. Frl. Köring played with the greatest calm, andher long, hard drives won her the first set by 6—4 and gave her thelead in the second by 3 —love. M:lle Broquedis seemed to perceivethat the situation was a dangerous one and successfully curbed hertoo great liveliness while, at the same time, Frl. Köring appeared totire a little. The French lady-champion took 6 games in successionand won the second set by 6—3 while, after some beautiful play onboth sides in the third set, M:lle Broquedis won this, too, andgained the gold medal by 4—6, 6—3 6—4.636