16/03/13
Jamie Burdekin and Antony Cotterill finished runners-up in the quad doubles on the penultimate day of play in Pensacola as Burdekin also bowed out of the quad singles in the semi-finals.
Burdekin and Cotterill provided an admirable challenge against American top seeds and defending champions Nick Taylor and David Wagner, but the three-time Paralympic gold medallists eventually retained the title 6-3. 6-3.
Burdekin also had world No. 1 Wagner on the other side of the net in his quad singles semi-final. But world No. 6 Burdekin was unable to secure his second successive victory over Wagner as they met for the first time since the Brit won their semi-final at the 2012 British Open and Wagner advanced to the final 6-1, 6-4.
15/03/13
Jamie Burdekin and Antony Cotterill booked their place in the quad doubles final on Friday's third day of play in Pensacola.
Burdekin and Cotterill won a three and half hour marathon against fellow Brit Adam Field and American Greg Hasterok, beating the second seeds 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 after a final set tie-break.
There was better news for Field in the quad consolation singles after he beat Takahiro Koga of Japan 6-0, 6-2 in the last eight. Field now faces American David Jordan in the consolation semi-finals.
14/03/13
Jamie Burdekin moved into the quad singles semi-finals on the second day in Pensacola after beating fellow Brit Antony Cotterill 6-2, 6-0.
Third seed Burdekin will now face American world No. 1 David Wagner for a place in the final and will hope to repeat his first career win over Wagner at the 2012 British Open.
A Brit is guaranteed to be in the quad doubles final after Burdekin, Cotterill and Adam Field all won their quarter-finals.
Seconds seed Field and American Greg Hasterok beat Harry Boniface Prabhu of India and Francois Trawalter of France 6-1, 6-1 to progress to the last four against Burdekin and Cotterill, who eased past Japan's Takahiro Koga and Lucas Sithole of South Africa 6-1, 6-0.
13/03/13
Jamie Burdekin and Antony Cotterill will go-head-to-head in the quad singles quarter-finals in Pensacola after both recording straight sets wins against Canadian players in their first round matches.
Third seed Burdekin eased past Adrian Dieleman 6-0, 6-0 in his opening match, while Cotterill beat Gary Luker 7-6(5), 6-1 to ensure that there will be one Brit in the semi-finals later in the week.
But Adam Field was unable to make it a full house of wins for the Brits on the opening day in Florida and was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by American David Buck.
Field will now contest the quad consolation singles and will start the quad doubles as second seed alongside his American partner Greg Hasterok. Burdekin and Cotterill will also pair up for the quad doubles and could potentially meet Field and Hasterok in the semi-finals.
View Thursday's order of play here (link opens in new window).
08/03/13
Jamie Burdekin, Antony Cotterill and Adam Field make up the British contingent in the quad singles and doubles after all enjoying success in Britain's first two world ranking events of 2013.
Burdekin won the quad singles at both the North West Challenge near Preston and the North East Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Sunderland, with Cotterill and Field pairing up to win the quad doubles at both British tournaments.
All three Brits had South Africa's Lucas Sithole on the other side of the net when they achieved their recent successes on home soil and Sithole is scheduled to be among the world top 10 players lining up alongside them in Pensacola, together with London 2012 Paralympic medallists David Wagner and Nick Taylor of the USA.
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