Word: setting
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Campbell vs. Whitney and Woods match was much closer. Whitney and Woods started well and obtained a lead of two games, but Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell braced and evened the score. After obtaining a lead of 5 to 4, Whitney and Woods were within a point of taking the set, but their opponents again succeeded in evening the score, and finally won the set...
...second and third sets went to Whitney and Woods, who showed good team play and were very steady at the net, while their opponents made a good many errors. The fourth set showed a reversal of conditions, and Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell were able to pass the other pair several times by hard fore-hand drives down the middle of the court...
...fifth and final set brought out the best tennis of the match. Nearly every set went to deuce and there were several long rallies in which brilliant shots were frequent. The score finally reached five all, when Fraser-Campbell won his service and the vantage game. Sweetser and Fraser-Campbell quickly terminated the match, allowing the losers but two points in the final game...
...first two sets of the Sweetser-Cutting match, Cutting frequently ran up to the net, where Sweetser passed him with well executed shots along the side-lines and won comparatively easily. In the third set, Cutting changed his tactics and both men played a back court game, Cutting winning the set at 6-2. The fourth set, the closest of the match, was finally won by Sweetser at 6-4, giving him the match...
...Fraser-Campbell-Whitney match was more closely contested. Whitney won the first set easily, Fraser-Campbell driving a good many balls outside and in to the net. In the second set Fraser-Campbell braced, and at one time was leading 4 to 1, but Whitney by steadier playing was able to pull up and finally win the set at 7-5. In the next two sets, Fraser-Campbell's service proved very effective and he scored several aces. His strokes were also working well and frequently he passed Whitney at the net, although the latter made several brilliant places...