27/09/14
Antony Cotterill and Alfie Hewett finished runners-up in the quad singles and men’s doubles respectively on the final day of the Sardinia Open.
Cotterill, playing in his second ITF 1 Series quad singles final, saw his quest for a first ITF 1 title come to an end against former world No 1 Shraga Weinberg as the Israel fourth seed claimed a 6-2, 6-3 victory.
Hewett and Michael Jeremiasz of France extended top seeds Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet in the first set of the men’s doubles final before the Belgian-French top seeded partnership went on to win the title 7-5, 6-2.
Sardinia Open Final Draws
26/09/14
Antony Cotterill reached the second ITF 1 Series quad singles final of his career on the penultimate day of the Sardinia Open as Alfie Hewett also moved into the men’s doubles final with his French partner Michael Jeremiasz.
World No. 8 and top seed Cotterill improved on his semi-final berth in Sardinia in 2013 after coming through a difficult contest against home favourite Alberto Corradi 7-6(3), 6-4 reach his first singles final of 2014. Cotterill will play Israel’s former world No. 1 Shraga Weinberg for the title.
Second seeds Hewett and Jeremiasz beat Dutchman Ricky Molier and Sweden’s Stefan Olsson 6-3 7-5 to reach the men’s doubles final, in which they will face top seeds Joachim Gerard of Belgium and Stephane Houdet of France.
However, Jordanne Whiley saw her women’s singles and doubles challenges both come to and in the semi-finals. Fourth seed Whiley made a good start in her quest to reach a second successive Sardinia Open singles final before Dutch top seed Jiske Griffioen fought back to win their last four contest 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Whiley and Griffioen then paired up for the women’s doubles semi-finals, but were edged out in a deciding championship tie-break by the third seeds, Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock and Italy’s Marianna Lauro, who prevailed 6-0, 0-6, (10-3).
25/09/14
Jordanne Whiley and Antony Cotterill moved into the women’s singles and quad singles semi-finals on the third morning of the Sardinia Open. Whiley beat French seventh seed Charlotte Famin 6-4, 6-4 to book her place in the last four, where the British No. 1 and fourth seed will meet Dutch top seed Jiske Griffioen.
Quad singles top seed Cotterill got his challenge off to a solid start, his 6-4, 6-1 victory over Italy’s Alfredo di Cosmo setting up a semi-final against Italy’s Alberto Corradi.
After taking world No. 5 Joachim Gerard to three sets last week in France, Alfie Hewett was unfortunately not able to do the same this week when the two players again met in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles, with the Belgian second seed advancing 6-2, 6-3.
However, Hewett did move into the men's doubles semi-finals after partnering Frenchman Michael Jeremiasz to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Spain's Daniel Caverzaschi and South Africa's Evan Maripa. Second seeds Hewett and Jeremiasz take on Dutchman Ricky Molier and Stefan Olsson of Sweden, the fourth seeds, in the semi-finals.
Whiley also reached the women's doubles semi-finals after teaming up with Dutch partner Jiske Griffioen to beat Russia's Viktoriia Lvova and Christine Schoenn of France 6-0, 6-2. The top seeds play third seeds Sabine Ellerbrock and Marianna Lauro for a place in the final.
However, Cotterill and Sweden's Anders Hard bowed out of the quad doubles after a thrilling semi-final tthat was won by Spain's Victor Garcia Asensio and Israel's Itay Erenlib 4-6, 6-4, (10-5).
24/09/14
Jordanne Whiley booked her place in the last eight of the women's singles after a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 victory over Denmark's Malene Olesen. Whiley had her first match since the US Open delayed by rain, but once on court the world No. 6 and fourth seed wasted little time in earning a quarter-fnial against French seventh seed Charlotte Famin.
Alfie Hewett earned a men's singles quarter-final against Belgian world No. 5 Joachim Gerard for the second week in a row after beating Italy's Luca Arca 6-2, 6-1 in his second round match.
23//09/14
Alfie Hewett got the British challenge off to a successful start in Sardinia after easing into the second round of the men’s singles and reaching the men’s doubles quarter-finals.
The British No. 4 plays Italy’s Luca Arca for a place in the men’s singles quarter-finals after recording a 6-0, 6-0 win over Switzerland’s Thomas Suter in his opening match.
Hewett also partnered Frenchman Michael Jeremiasz to beat Israel’s Adam Berdichevsky and Switzerland’s Herbert Keller 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the men’s doubles. The second seeds will play Spain’s Daniel Caverzaschi and South Africa’s Evans Maripa for a place in the semi-finals.
Jordanne Whiley begins her women’s singles campaign on the second day of play when she takes on Denmark’s Malene Olesen.
22/09/14
Jordanne Whiley returns to competition in Sardinia for the first time since becoming the first British tennis player to win a calendar year Grand Slam, when completing the set of Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open women’s doubles titles with Japan’s Yui Kamiji.
With Kamiji not among the leading players in Sardinia, world No. 6 Whiley is the fourth seed for the women’s singles and has a bye into the last 16 ahead of starting her campaign to try and reach the final for the second successive year.
Alfie Hewett flies the flag for Britain in the men's singles, the world No. 1 ranked junior boosted by taking Belgium’s world No. 5 Joachim Gerard to three sets in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Open de L’Ile de Re last week. Hewett is the fifth seed in Sardinia and is drawn to potentially meet Gerard again in the last eight. Meanwhile, world No. 8 Antony Cotterill is top seed for the quad singles and has a bye into the last eight this year after reaching the semi-finals in 2013.