Mr John Clarke

A novel in which the modernist movement is reported as a tennis championship being played in Paris. It features singles, doubles and mixed doubles and to give you an idea, here are the first round doubles results.

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The Tournament

MEN’S DOUBLES – ROUND ONE

(1)Sartre and Camus d. Eluard and Prevert 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
(9)Magritte and Dali d. Gershwin and Gershwin 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
Leavis and Lawrence d. Benjamin and Scholem 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
(5)Chaplin and O'Neill d. Caruso and Toscanini 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Shostakovich and Prokoviev d. (6)Brecht and Weill 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
(10)Cocteau and Picasso d. Milne and Disney 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
Wodehouse and Isherwood d. (15)Chesterton and Belloc 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
(3)Chekhov and Miller d. Lardner and Fitzgerald 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Benchley and Thurber d. (4)Einstein and Gödel 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2
Chandler and Hammett d. (14)Gropius and Le Corbusier 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
(11)Kafka and Muir d. Arlen and Carmichael 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
(7)Auden and MacNeice d. Rutherford and Bohr 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Hope and Crosby d. (8)Bakst and Blok 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
(13)Braque and Derain d. Léger and Keaton 6-1, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Runyon and Low d. (12)Marx and Eliot 6-1, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
(2)Beckett and Duchamp d. Jung and Jung 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

WOMEN’S DOUBLES – ROUND ONE

(1)Earhart and Cather d. West and Nin 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
Lenya and Dietrich d. (16)Roosevelt and Luce 7-6, 6-4
Kulthum and Sh'arawi d. (15)Christie and Sayers 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Gonne-MacBride and Markievicz d. (7)Blyton and Potter 6-4, 6-2
(6)Sackville-West and Stephen-Woolf d. Fontanne and Nazimova 6-2, 7-5
Prichard and Richardson d. (14)Parker and Ferber 7-6, 5-7, 9-7
Draper and Elliott d. (13)Bishop and McCarthy 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
(3)Riefenstahl and Hari d. Mead and Stark 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
(4)Stein and Toklas d. Brice and Lillie 6-2, 6-3
(12)Mansfield and Hodgkins d. O'Keeffe and Kahlo 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Naidu and Pandit d. (10)Schiaparelli and Chanel 6-3, 6-3
(5)de Valois and Pavlova d. Rubenstein and Arden 6-2, 6-1
Baker and Smith d. (8)Duncan and Graham (forfeit)
(9)Akhmatova and Arendt d. Campbell and Thorndike 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
(11)Keller and Sullivan d. Bankhead and Bara 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Stern and Mandelstam d. (2)Beach and Monier 7-5, 7-5

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John Clarke: Thanks for your time

For overseas viewers and those who missed out, here is the ABC's tribute to John. With thanks to the team who put it together. Enjoy.
Originally aired on the ABC 17/04/2017