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Katie Boulter broke new ground on Friday as she edged a battle of the Brits against Harriet Dart to reach her first WTA semi-final at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. Leicester's Boulter, a graduate of the LTA's Pro Scholarship Scheme, edged out compatriot Dart 6-3 7-5 to reach the last four, having tasted defeat in all of her previous WTA-level quarter-finals.
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.
Katie Boulter summoned all of her fighting spirit to battle past the determined Daria Snigur and progress to the last eight of the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham on Thursday. Leicester's Boulter, who is a graduate of the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, had beaten fellow Brit Emily Appleton to reach the second round to set up a meeting against the Ukrainian lucky loser. Ad After being promoted to the main draw Snigur had beaten defending champion and Roland Garros semi-finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia in round one, meaning that Boulter certainly had a tough task on her hands.
Harriet Dart battled through illness and a second-set fightback from Anhelina Kalinina to set up an all-British quarter-final at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. Hampstead's Dart, who is supported by the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, had fought her way through two rounds of qualifying and her opening main draw match to set up this meeting against Ukraine's Kalinina, who was a finalist at the prestigious Italian Open less than a month ago. Ad Despite being a slight underdog and struggling with illness, the Brit dominated the opening set, needing less than half an hour to take it, and then broke at the end of second set to seal a 6-0 7-5 triumph.
Katie Boulter beat Daria Snigur 7-5 6-3, while qualifier Harriet Dart beat Anhelina Kalinina 6-0 7-5 to set up an all-British quarter-final at the Nottingham Open. Dart has faced off against Boulter four times before, with the latter winning three of those matches, but the two have never gone head-to-head on grass. Ad Despite missing several opportunities to break Snigur's serve in the opening set, Boulter managed to level the score at 4-4 before ultimately claiming the set after an hour and 15 minutes.
Katie Boulter says the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham provides her with the perfect opportunity to repay her nearest and dearest. The Leicester player, who has recently graduated from the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, soared to British No.1 with her run to the semi-finals in Surbiton last week and got life to her new era at the summit underway with a comfortable 6-1 6-3 win over compatriot Emily Appleton at the second grass court event of the British season. Ad Boulter grew up playing at the Nottingham Tennis Centre after being introduced to the sport by her mum and grandpa in the East Midlands.
Jodie Burrage kickstarted her LTA Rothesay Open Nottingham campaign with a thrilling victory on a busy day of action for British players. Burrage, who is supported by the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, battled her way to a 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4) victory over Tereza Martincova — in a match that took just over three hours.