Full swing,
top spin drives fore- and backhand, straight or 'cross court, are
hit with equal facility. The Lowes volley defensively and only
come in to the let when pulled in by a short shot. Their overhead
work is average.
Their games are not startling. There is nothing to require much
comment. Both men are excellent tennis players of the true
English school: fine base- line drivers, but subject to defeat by
any aggressive volleyer. It is a lack of aggressiveness that
holds both men down, for they are excellent court coverers, fine
racquet wielders, but do not rise to real heights. The Lowes
could easily defeat any player who was slightly off his game, as
they are very steady and make few mistakes. Neither would defeat
a first- class player at his best.
T. M. MAVROGORDATO
One of the most consistent winners in English tennis for a span
of years is a little man with a big name, who is universally and
popularly known as "Mavro."
"Mavro" added another notable victory in 1920, when he defeated
R. N. Williams in the last eight in the World Championships.
"Mavro" has always been a fine player, but he has never quite
scaled the top flight.
His game is steadiness personified. He shoves his service in the
court at the end of a prodigious swing that ends in a poke. It
goes where he wishes it. His ground strokes are fine, in splendid
form, very accurate and remarkably fast for so little effort.
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