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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.
'Old boy' Andy Murray insists he is feeling fresh and ready for more matches after making it seven wins on the trot with a second round victory at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham on Thursday night. Murray, riding a six match win streak after his triumph at the Lexus Surbiton Trophy and an opening round victory in Nottingham, faced little trouble as he dispatched world No.127 Huge Grenier 6-3 7-5 to set up a quarter-final meeting against eighth seed Dominic Stricker on Friday.
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.
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.
LONDON : A bowler taking a hat-trick in any form of cricket is a rarity but 12-year-old junior player Oliver Whitehouse bagged a 'double hat-trick' in an astonishing over for his club.
Arthur Fery successfully navigated a rain delay and elite opposition to kickstart his LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham campaign with victory on Tuesday. Wimbledon's Fery, who is supported by the LTA's NCAA Support Programme, was at one set all against former world No.21 Steve Johnson when play was halted in Nottingham on Monday due to rain, with action resuming with the Brit 1-2 down on serve in the decider. Ad The 20-year-old was in phenomenal form once play resumed, dropping just one game to beat his more experienced opponent 4-6 6-3 6-3 and book a second round date against fifth seed Dominik Koepfer.