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Katie Boulter surged into her first WTA final with a memorable victory over Heather Watson at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. The Leicester player edged out Watson 6-4 7-5 in a historic final four clash, the first time in 44 years that two Brits have met in a WTA semi-final. Ad British No.1 Boulter is enjoying a career-best week in the East Midlands and will face compatriot Jodie Burrage in Sunday's final.
Jodie Burrage says that her remarkable run to the final of the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham exceeded all expectations. The 24-year-old was beaten in the first round of last week's Lexus Surbiton Trophy but has found the form of her life at WTA level in the East Midlands. Ad Burrage held off the fierce challenge of French player Alize Cornet to claim a 7-5 7-5 semi-final victory and set up a historic all-British women's singles final against Katie Boulter, an encounter that will determine who is British No.1 TennisBoulter beats Watson to reach first WTA final35 MINUTES AGO «I wasn't expecting this coming into the week, I'm not going to lie,» said Burrage, who is on the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme.
Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage will meet in a historic all-British final at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham after a pair of rousing semi-final victories. Both players have found the form of their lives on home soil and have been rewarded with their first-ever appearances in a WTA final. Ad It will be the third ever WTA final to be contested by Brits and the first since Sue Barker beat Virginia Wade in San Francisco in 1977, with the British No.1 ranking also on the line come Sunday.
Two British women will contest a WTA Tour final for the first time since 1977 after Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage both progressed at the Nottingham Open on Saturday.
Heather Watson set up an all British semi-final at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham after battling past Viktorija Golubic in a tense quarter-final. Having come all the way through qualifying, Watson faced a tough battle against contemporary Viktorija Golubic, who was a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in 2021. Ad And in an encounter that lasted well over two hours, it was the Brit who prevailed 7-6(2) 7-5 to reach a first semi-final in Nottingham, where she will take on British No.1 Katie Boulter.
Andy Murray made it eight wins in a row as he reached the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open with a win over Dominic Stricker on Friday. Murray is coming off the back of his triumph in the Surbiton Trophy on Sunday, and has set up a semi-final against Portugal’s Nuno Borges, to be played on Saturday. Ad The 36-year-old is hoping to amass sufficient ranking points in order to reach the world top 32, to become seeded for this year’s Wimbledon tournament.
Jodie Burrage is through to the semi-finals of a WTA tour tournament for the first time in her career after a 6-2 3-6 7-5 win over Magdalena Frech. World No. 111 Burrage produced a shock win over third seed Magda Linette in the quarter-finals, but she followed it up by beating the world No.
Jodie Burrage kept the achievements of opponent Magda Linette out of her mind as she stunned the Pole to reach her first WTA quarter-final at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. Burrage, who is on the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, is ranked 110 spots below world No.21 Linette in the WTA Rankings, with the third seed having reached the semi-final of this year's Australian Open.