10/05/14
Andy Lapthorne and Jordanne Whiley won the quad singles and women’s singles titles at the Atlanta Open on Saturday as British payers on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme completed the latest ITF 1 Series event on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour with four titles.
Lapthorne beat world No. 1 David Wagner of the USA for the second time this year to win the quad singles title. After finishing runner-up to Wagner in Atlanta in 2013, world No. 3 and second seed Lapthorne produced a stirring comeback in Sunday’s final to earn a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(1) victory after a final set tie-break.
“That one’s for my auntie who passed away yesterday. I know she was looking down on me today. I’m very pleased that I could win a tough final today,” said Lapthorne.
A year on from winning her first ITF 1 singles title in Atlanta, Whiley justified her top seeding this year as the world No. 6 secured straight sets wins over the USA’s Mackenzie Soldan and her Chilean doubles partner Francisca Mardones to set up Saturday’s final against former two-time champion Kaitlyn Verfuerth of the USA. Whiley went on to beat former world No. 10 Verfuerth 6-2, 6-2.
“I’m delighted to retain both my titles here in Atlanta. It was nice to play Kaitlyn and win like I did because the last time we played each other in 2012 I lost in three sets, so it’s nice to see big improvements on that,” said Whiley.
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09/05/14
Marc McCarroll and Jordanne Whiley both won doubles titles on the penultimate day of play in Atlanta, with Whiley and Andy Lapthorne also booking their place In the women’s singles and quad singles finals for the second successive year.
McCarroll and Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez justified top seeding for the men’s doubles, fighting back to beat Dutchman Maikel Scheffers and Japan’s Yoshinobu Fujimoto, the second seeds, 2-6, 6-2, (10-8).
Whiley and Chile’s Francisca Mardones were also top seeds for the women’s doubles and earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over American second seeds Emmy Kaiser and Marianne Page to give Whiley her second straight doubles title in Atlanta after being victorious in 2013 with fellow Brit Lucy Shuker.
Whiley overcame Mardones 6-3, 6-3 in the women’s singles semi-finals and the top seed and defending champion will now play the USA’s Kaitlyn Verfuerth for the title.
Lapthorne booked his second successive final in Atlanta against world No. 1 David Wagner after battling back strongly against Wagner’s fellow American Bryan Barten to win their semi-final 6-7, 6-0, 6-3.
08/05/14
Marc McCarroll, Jordanne Whiley and Andy Lapthorne reached the men’s, women’s and quad singles semi-finals on the second day of the Atlanta Open, with McCarroll and Whiley also reaching the men’s and women’s doubles finals.
Third seed McCarroll will play Dutch second seed Maikel Scheffers for a place in the men’s singles final after his 6-2, 6-2 victory over Japan’s Yoshinobu Fujimoto, with defending women’s singles champion Whiley set to play third seed Francisca Mardones of Chile for a place in this year’s final after opening her title defence with a 6-4, 6-1 win over American Mackenzie Soldan.
Lapthorne defeated Francois Trawalter of France 6-0, 6-0 as he began his bid to reach the final for the second straight year and the second seed now plays American Bryan Barten, who ended Antony Cotterill’s challenge 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.
McCarroll and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina won two matches in a day to earn their place in the men’s doubles final, dropping just two games in their opening match and beating third seeds Martin Legner of Austria and the USA’s Stephen Welch 6-2 6-3 to earn a final against second seeds Fujimoto and Welch.
After a bye into the semi-finals of the women’s doubles, top seeds Whiley and Mardones of Chile defeated American duo Dana Mathewson and Kaitlyn Verfuerth 76(2) 61 to book their place in the final against second seeds Emmy Kaiser and Marianne Page of the USA.
However, Cotterill and Lapthorne bowed out of the quad doubles after slipping to a 6-7(4), 6-3, (12-10) loss following a championship tie-break against Barten and his fellow American Greg Hasterok.
07/05/14
Marc McCarroll and Antony Cotterill joined the other seeded players in the men’s singles and quad singles quarter-finals on the first day in Atlanta.
After a first round bye third seed McCarroll beat American Larry Keeter 6-0, 6-0, with Japanese fifth seed Yoshinobu Fujimoto awaiting the British No.2 in the last eight.
Cotterill is also third seed for the quad singles and began his campaign with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over David Jordan. Cotterill plays another American former top 10 ranked player for a place in the semi-finals, when he takes on Bryan Barten.
Andy Lapthorne is second seed for the quad singles and has a bye through to last eight, where he will meet Frenchman Francois Trawalter, with women’s singles top seed and defending champion Jordanne Whiley also having a bye through to a quarter-final against American Mackenzie Soldan.
06/05/14
Jordanne Whiley returns to Atlanta a year on from beating then world No. 2 and current world No. 1 Sabine Ellerbrock in the semi-finals and then beating fellow Brit Lucy Shuker in the firstt all-Brit ITF 1 Series women's singles final to win her first ITF 1 title. Whley and Shuker also won the doubles in 2013.
This time Whiley, world ranked No. 6 this week, is the sole Brit in the women’s singles and heads the seedings, while British No. 2 Marc McCarroll carries British hopes in the men’s singles.
Andy Lapthorne and Antony Cotterill bid for success in the quad singles alongside the likes of world No. 1 David Wagner. Lapthorne finished runner-up to Wagner in Atlanta in 2013 after Cotterill had reached the semi-finals with back-to-back wins over higher ranked opponents. Cotterill and Lapthorne will also pair up in the quad doubles, having arrived in Atlanta on the back of reaching their first Super Series doubles final together last weekend at the South African Open.