28/07/13
Alfie Hewett ended the German Open with victory in the men' consolation singles as Richard Green finished runner-up in the quad singles.
Hewett, the top seed for the consolation singles after bowing out in the first round of the main draw to fellow Brit David Phillipson, defeated Germany's Steffen Sommerfeld 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
After reaching his first quad singles final on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Green took Germany's Maximilian Laudan to a first set tie-break before Laudan's greater experience saw him go on to retain the title 7-6(4), 6-2.
27/07/13
Alfie Hewett and David Phillipson finished runners-up in the men's doubles and Richard Green finished runner-up in the quad doubles partnering fellow Brit James Shaw on the penultimate day of play in Berlin.
Hewett and Phillipson put up a good first set effort against fourth seeds Tadeusz Kruszelnicki of Poland and Robinson Mendez of Chile, but Kruszelnicki and Mendez denied Hewett and Phillipson a third title in four tournaments after securing victory 7-5, 6-2.
Fourth seed Phillipson battled hard in the men's singles semi-finals against Japanese second seed Takuya Miki, but Miki held on to win the crucial points in the deciding set for a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win.
There was better news for Hewett in the semi-finals of the consolation singles after he beat South Africa's Leon Els 7-5, 6-3. Hewett will play Germany's Steffen Sommerfeld in the final.
After beating Austria's Peter Tatschl and Marcus Laudan of Germany 6-2, 6-7, (10-8) in the first of their two round-robin matches in the quad doubles, Green and Shaw found the going tough in their decisive contest against the more experienced all-German partnership of Maximilian Laudan and Nick Nobbe, who claimed the title 6-2, 6-2.
But Green will be back in action as he faces Maximilian Laudan in Sunday's quad singles final.
26/07/13
David Phillipson recovered from a slow start against Peter Seidl to beat the German 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and move into the semi-finals on the second day of play at the German Open. Phillipson will face Japanese second seed Takuya Miki in the semi-finals.
Phillipson also partnered Alfie Hewett to reach the men's doubles final after they won both their quarter-final and semi-final matches in the same day.
The second seeds eased to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Germany's Dominik Lust and Michael Mertel and then beat the third seeds, Poland's Kamil Fabisiak and Daniel Pellegrina of Switzerland, 6-1, 6-2.
Richard Green reached the quad singles final after making a fine comeback against Germany's Nick Nobbe in the semi-finals.
After a first round bye second seed Green defeated Nobbe 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to set up a final against another German opponent, Maximilian Laudan.
25/07/13
David Phillipson moved into the men's singles quarter-finals after winning the Battle of the Brits on the opening day of play in Berlin.
After going into the German Open ranked just one place ahead of Alfie Hewett, British No. 3 Phillipson edged past Hewett 7-6(1), 6-4 to earn his place in the quarter-finals against Germany's Peter Seidl.
Hewett will now start the men's consolation as singles, while he and Phillipson are second seeds for the men's doubles in Berlin and will open their challenge against Germany's Dominik Lust and Michael Mertel.
22/07/13
David Phillipson and Alfie Hewett revert from the hard courts of the British Open in Nottingham to clay courts in Berlin for this week's ITF 3 Series tournament.
The German Open is the second ITF 3 Series clay court tournament that Phillipson and Hewett have both played in the last three weeks, having paired up to win the men's doubles at the Arcotel-Rezidencija 55 Open in Zagreb, Croatia. Hewett also won his third men's singles title of 2013 in Zagreb, as the 15-year-old world No. 1 ranked junior earned a return to the world's top 25 in the senior men's singles rankings.
Phillipson was a singles semi-finalist in Zagreb and the British No. 3 will have been boosted by beating Dutch world No. 11 Tom Egberink at the British Open before bowing out ion Nottingham to eventual champion Joachim Gerard. Egberink is scheduled to be among the other players in the field for the German Open.
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