Silva hoping to continue domestic surge after keeping Rothesay Open Nottingham hopes alive

Eden Silva hopes to continue her red-hot domestic form after battling into the main draw at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. The London ace, who benefits from the LTA Top 25 programme which allows access to the NTC courts and facilities for the top 25 ranked British male and female players on ATP/WTA rankings and can also benefit from the LTA's domestic competition calendar of Pro and Prize money tournaments and a Tournament Bonus Scheme, beat fellow Brit Sarah Beth Grey 5-7 7-5 6-2 in qualifying on Monday afternoon.

Ad/> This win followed up her maiden ITF W25 title secured in the same city at the end of April, with the move to launch an expanded LTA Performance Competitions Calendar — ensuring the number of ITF tournaments in the UK rose from eight women's events in 2019 to 16 for both men and women in 2022 — proving hugely successful for a host of British players. WTA Nottingham'Proud' Raducanu ready for tough grass season and feels 'really good physically'2 HOURS AGO Silva was forced to come from behind against close friend Grey and the 26-year-old, who is currently ranked the world's No.169, said: «You have to keep fighting and believing in yourself because you never know when the momentum and rhythm will turn around.

»Beth and I are very good friends — we've played a lot and they're usually long ones like that. «It's always great to play in front of the crowd at home, especially on grass.

»The fans are really behind the British players which is nice because you don't get that very often. «When you play tournaments in the UK you have to prepared for rain delays, so I'm happy that we managed to get out on court today.