16/09/13
British players secured a clean sweep of the men's and women's singles and doubles titles for the fourth time in five years over the weekend at the PTR Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Hilton Head, South Carolina after Gordon Reid and Jordanne Whiley won Sunday's singles finals, beating their respective doubles partners Marc McCarroll and Lucy Shuker, with whom they had been victorious on Saturday.
World No. 6 Reid took his personal tally of titles in Hilton Head to ten as he remained unbeaten since 2009 at the ITF 2 Series tournament after a hard won 7-5, 6-3 win over British No. 2 McCarroll in Sunday's rain-delayed men's singles final. Top seed Reid dropped just six games in three matches en route to Sunday's men's singles final, while fourth seed McCarroll had upset Japanese second seed and world No. 11 Takuya Miki 6-4, 7-6(4) in Saturday's semi-finals.
Also on Saturday Reid and McCarrroll won their third men's doubles title together at the Championships, adding to previous victories in 2010 and 2011 after defeating Miki and Australia's Ben Weekes 6-2, 6-4. Reid won his first doubles title there in 2009 partnering current British No. 3 David Phillipson before also claiming victory in 2012 partnering American Steve Welch.
"It's a great feeling to win another two titles here this year and to have won them both five years in a row. It was a tough final today. Me and Marc know each other's games well, so it's always difficult to play against each other, but I'm very happy with the result and it's a nice ending to this US tour," said Reid, who reached his second Grand Slam singles semi-final of the year at the US Open in New York.
Whiley claimed her first women's singles title in Hilton Head, having finished runner-up to Shuker in another all-British final in 2009. However, world No. 8 Whiley made much the better start on this occasion and held on to beat top seed and world No. 7 Shuker 6-2, 7-5, ending Shuker's ambitions of a fourth women's singles title in five years in Hilton Head.
Shuker and Whiley had already claimed their third women's doubles title together at the event, having previously teamed up to win the title in 2009 and 2010. After dropping just three games to reach Saturday's final, Shuker and Whiley got the better of American duo Shelby Baron and Emmy Kaiser with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 victory. Shuker is now unbeaten in the women's doubles in Hilton Head since 2009, having also partnered British No. 3 Louise Hunt to win the title in 2011 and teaming up with Germany's Katharina Kruger to claim the spoils in 2012.
"I'm so happy. I played a great first set today and managed to hold on and it's my fourth title here at the tournament after the three doubles titles with Lucy," said Whiley. "This tournament has proved so successful for the Brits in recent years and I'm really happy to have been a part of it all. It's the second time I've won both singles and doubles titles in a tournament in the USA since May and it's my third win over Lucy in four matches this season, so it's a great end to this latest tour."
15/09/13
British players are ensured of a clean sweep of the men's and women's singles and doubles titles in Hilton Head for the third time since 2009 after Gordon Reid and McCarroll both reached the men's singles final and won the men's doubles title together on the penultimate day of play, with Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley emulating that success in the women's singles and doubles.
Fourth seed McCarroll upset Japanese second seed Takuya Miki 6-4, 7-6(4) to reach his first men's singles final in Hilton Head, while top seed Reid set up the all-British title decider with a 6-1 6-2 win over Lahcen Majdi of France to remain on course for a fifth singles title in five years.
Reid and McCarroll won their third doubles title together in South Caarolina, adding to their previous victories in 2010 and 2011 after a 6-2, 6-4 win over Miki and Australia's Ben Weekes, the second seeds.
Shuker and Whiley justified their top seedings for the women's singles after comfortable straight sets wins in their respective semi-finals, world No. 7 Shuker easing past Chilean third seed Francisca Mardones 6-0, 6-2, while world No. 8 Whiley beat American fourth seed Emmy Kaiser 6-2, 6-2. Shuker and Whiley will now meet in the singles final for the second time since 2009 as Shuker bids for her fourth title in five years.
Shuker clinched her fifth successive PTR Championships women's doubles title after she and Whiley added to their previous titles together in 2009 and 2010 with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over American duo Shelby Baron and Emmy Kaiser.
14/09/13
Gordon Reid and Marc McCarroll reached the men's doubles final on the second day of play in Hilton Head as Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley also eased into the women's doubles final and all four Brits progressed to the semi-finals of their respective singles events.
Reid and McCarroll came through a tough men's doubles semi-final to defeat Frenchmen David Dalmasso and Lahcen Majdi 6-3, 6-4, with Reid now just one match away from a possible fifth successive doubles title in Hilton Head and what could be his third with McCarroll. The British top seeds play second seeds Takuya Miki of Japan and Ben Weekes of Australia in Saturday's final.
Reid will face Majdi for a place in the men's singles final after beating American Steve Baldwin 6-0, 6-1 in his quarter-final. Meanwhile, fourth seed McCarroll takes on second seed Miki after a 7-6(4), 6-2 quarter-final win over Spain's Daniel Caverzaschi.
After her first round bye in the women's singles top seed Shuker opened her title defence with a 6-0, 6-2 win over the USA's Shelby Baron. Shuker faces Chilean third seed Francisca Mardones in the semi-finals, with Whiley set to take on fourth seed Emmy Kaiser, who will be the British No. 2's third successive American opponent following her 6-1, 6-1 quarter-final victory against Marianne Page.
Shuker and Whiley completed the second day's play with a 6-1, 6-2 doubles semi-final win over the all-American partnership of Kate Stuteville and Williams. Top seeds Shuker and Whiley, already twice winners of the women's doubles title together in Hilton Head, will face Baron and Kaiser in the final as Shuker bids for her fifth successive women's doubles title in South Carolina.
13/09/13
Gordon Reid, Marc McCarroll and Jordanne Whiley all reached the men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals respectively on the first day of play in Hilton Head, while Reid and McCarroll and Lucy Shuker and Whiley also moved into the semi-finals of their respective doubles events.
Top seed Reid opened his men’s singles title defence with a 6-0, 6-2 win over John Becker and the British No. 1 will now face another American opponent, Steve Baldwin, for a place in the semi-finals.
Fourth seed McCarroll also dropped just two games as he eased past Brazil’s Pedro Rocha 6-1, 6-1 to set up a quarter-final against Spain’s Daniel Caverzaschi.
Reid and McCarroll opened their campaign for a third doubles title together in Hilton Head with a 6-0, 6-0 win over American Antony Lara and Rocha. Reid and McCarroll will come up against French duo David Dalmasso and Lahcen Majdi in the-semi-finals.
With top seed Shuker having a bye into the women’s singles quarter-finals, where she will face American Shelby Baron, Whiley only has American opposition in her half of the draw after beating Jan Proctor 6-1, 6-1. Whiley will play Marianne Page in the last eight.
Shuker and Whiley are the only non-American partnership left in the women’s doubles after the top seeds began their challenge with 6-0, 6-0 win over the USA’s Page and Jessica Sporte. Shuker and Whiley face Kate Stuteville and Elizabeth Williams for a place in the final.
12/09/13
Gordon Reid, Marc McCarroll, Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley make up a strong challenge at this week’s tournament on Hilton Head Island, where all four players have each enjoyed myultiple success in recent years.
British No. 1 and world No. 6 Reid is top seed for the men’s singles as he sets out to try and take his collection of titles in South Carolina into double figures, having remained unbeaten in the men’s singles and doubles at the ITF 2 Series event since 2009. Reid will play American John Becker in his opening match.
British No. 2 Marc McCarroll is fourth seed for the men’s singles and opens his campaign against Brazil’s Pedro Rocha, while he will also bid to add to the two men’s doubles he was won in Hilton Head partnering Reid in 2010 and 2011.
Shuker has won three women’s singles titles in Hilton Head since 2009 and is unbeaten in the women’s doubles over the last four years. She beat Whiley in the singles final in 2009 as Britain’s top two players also won the first of two successive women’s doubles titles. After Shuker finished runner-up in the singles in 2011, she will return to Hilton Head bidding to successfully retain both titles that she won last year.
British No. 1 and world No. 7 Shuker is top seed and has a first round bye in the women’s singles, with world No. 8 and second seed Whiley set to open her campaign this year against American Jan Proctor.
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