Word: borotra
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Elected. Jean Borotra, Basque tennis player; to be a director of Lower Rhenish Iron Foundries & Machinery Co.; in Paris. An able engineer, he has made a fortune in gasoline pumps, is reputed the richest man of his years (31) in France...
...Berkeley Bell, 22-year-old Texas tennis star, by defeating debonair, beret-wearing Jean Borotra, only French entrant: in the first round of the national singles championship at Forest Hills...
...long since passed when Tilden took the centre court at Wimbledon last fortnight. Tilden could still sail unbeaten through many a major tournament, but he had tried unsuccessfully to win at Wimbledon since his last (1921) singles victory there. Last week, after Cochet was beaten, it appeared that Jean Borotra would take care of Tilden. Borotra was playing better than ever before when they met in the semifinals...
...Borotra won the first set, 6-0. It was a bitter match and the crowd sided against Tilden. In the second set, Tilden began to find fault with the linesmen, stared suggestively at the umpire, made repeated requests for quiet as the crowd cheered Borotra. Tilden won the second set and lost the third, 4-6. Borotra, saving himself for the last, dropped the fourth with out winning a game. When the score reached 4-all in the last set, Tilden drew Borotra to the net and played his backhand until the Frenchman, reaching for a passing shot, lost...
Allison's serve had been his best weapon against Cochet, as Tilden's had against Borotra. The final too was a test of serves and Tilden has always had the best serve in the world. He took the first set with a burst of aces, 6-3. Allison made a match of it in the second set, but Tilden served five love games to win at 9-7. In the presence of the King, Queen and Prince George, who is President of the all England Club which runs Wimbledon, Tilden won the last set and match...