15/08/15
Louise Hunt won her second doubles title of 2015 with Germany’s Katharina Kruger as British interest in the Austrian Open came to a successful end.
Top seeds Hunt and Kruger beat the second seeded partnership of Emmanuelle Morch of France and Michaela Spaansstra of the Netherlands 2-6, 6-2, (10-8) in the final to win their second successive deciding match tiebreak after being a set down.
Hunt made a confident start to her women’s singles semi-final against top seed Kruger, but a third successive win over the world top 10 ranked Kruger ultimate eluded Hunt as Kruger advanced to the final 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Richard Green and James Shaw also saw their quad doubles campaign end in the semi-finals when they slipped to a 6-1, 6-0 loss to American top seeds Greg Hasterok and Nick Taylor.
Austrian Open Draws
14/08/15
Louise Hunt's in singles semi-final and doubles final action on the third day of play in Austria after partnering Katharina Kruger to an opening win in the women's doubles.
Top seeds Hunt and Kruger edged past Ludmila Bubnova of Russia and Miho Nijo of Japan 2-6, 6-4, (10-6) in a deciding match tie-break in their semi-final. They take on second seeds Emmanuelle Morch of France and Michaela Spaanstra of the Netherlands in the final.
Hunt also plays top seed Kruger in the women's singles semi-finals.
However, Richard Green and James Shaw's bids for a place in the quad consolation singles final came to an end against Germany Max and Marcus Laudan in their respective semi-finals.
13/08/15
Louise Hunt made a winning start to her women's singles challenge, beating Russia's Ludmila Bubnova 7-5, 6-4. Hunt also partners Germany's Katharina Kruger in the women's doubles later in the day as the top seeds play Bubnova and Miho Nijo of Japan for a place in the final.
Richard Green and James Shaw are the top two seeds for the qaad consolation singles after their main draw exits against seeded opposition. Green slipped to a 6-1, 6-2 loss to third seed Shraga Weinberg and Shaw bowed out in the first round against fourth seed Greg Hasterok 6-3, 6-1.
Green and Shaw are also into quad doubles semi-finals after beating Austria's Thomas Geierspichler and Markus Wallner 7-5, 7-5.
12/08/15
Brits Louise Hunt, Richard Green and James Shaw are contesting the women's and quad events at the ITF 2 Series Austrian Open in Gross-Siegharts.
British No. 3 Hunt is fourth seed for the women's singles and has a bye into the quarter-finals, where she will face Russia's Ludmila Bubnova.
Green and Shaw both meet seeded opposition in the first round of the quad singles, Green coming up against Israeli third seed and former world No. 1 Shraga Weinberg, while Shaw meets USA fourth seed Greg Hasterok.
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