Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers
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cannot compete in open tournaments.
CHAPTER VII MY MOST MEMORABLE MATCH (BY LEADING PLAYERS) _The following contributions, in response to a request for some account of their most noteworthy encounter on court, have been kindly furnished for this volume by leading lady players._ MRS. G.W. HILLYARD (_Champion_, 1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900) One of the most exciting matches I remember was the final for the Championship at Wimbledon, played on the centre court on July 6, 1889, between Miss Rice and me. I started very nervously, as Miss Rice had given me rather a fright in the Irish Championship the month before, when she appeared in Dublin as a "dark horse." On that occasion I had only scraped through 7/5, 7/5. I began the match at Wimbledon by serving a double fault, and lost several games by doing the same thing in the first set. My length was awful, and Miss Rice was playing well from the start. She had a very fine fore-hand drive, but, like myself, a bad back-hand. She led at 3 games to 1, and took the first set at 6/4. In the second set I regained my confidence a little, winning three love |
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