Rothesay International Eastbourne 2023: Results & updates
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Get all the latest results and updates from this year's Rothesay International Eastbourne from 24 June - 1 July.
Highlights
- Coco Gauff sets up semi-final clash against fellow American Madison Keys
- Francisco Cerundolo overcomes Zhizhen Zhang to reach semi-final
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Day four: Cerundolo reaches first grass semi-final
WTA:
The American luck continues in Eastbourne as Coco Gauff and Madison Keys reach the semi-finals after victories over Jessica Pegula and Petra Martic.
An all-American battle on centre court saw Gauff dismantle Pegula, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the semi-final.
In a match that saw doubles partners turn rivals, it was the 19-year-old who found the early breakthrough to take the opening set, but Pegula soon found her way back into the contest in the second.
With aggressive ball striking from both players, world No.3 Pegula edged an early break before a momentum shift saw Gauff win six consecutive games to wrap up the match win in style.
She will now go on to face another compatriot in Keys, who recorded a comprehensive win over Petra Martic 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final four.
In a highly-anticipated encounter, Daria Kasatkina moved through to the semis after France's Caroline Garcia was forced to retire at 6-2, 2-1 due to a right shoulter injury.
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After a rain delay caused a late start on Thursday at the Rothesay International, Francisco Cerundolo soon got centre court proceedings underway with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Zhizen Zhang
Eager to make a fast start to reach a first semi-final on the grass, Cerundolo clinched an early break on Zhang’s serve, before securing a second to seal the opening set.
Despite going down a break early in the second, the Argentine soon turned it around – as he got the scoreboard back on serve before finding a break of his own to eventually secure the match win.
Wheelchair
Day one of the wheelchair action, saw Greg Slade and Lucy Shuker make winning starts to their campaigns at Devonshire Park while Abbie Breakwell and Ruby Bishop fell short.
In the quad singles draw, Slade’s competitive grass court match debut saw the British No.2 win 11 games in a row to beat Gary Cox 6-3, 6-0. The 21-year-old was recently awarded a wild card to make his Grand Slam debut at The Championships, Wimbledon, in two weeks’ time.
“It was good fun" Slade said. "I got the win, so that always makes it good. The grass is tough to push on, especially with it being a bit damp, but I thought I dealt with it well.
"You just have to put more effort into it and keep the chair moving and I made it work. Hopefully later on this week it will get a bit sunnier and bit a bit drier.”
Elsewhere, Shuker beat British No.4 Bishop 6-1 6-0 in 45 minutes as she reached the semi-finals in Eastbourne for the first time, where top seed Diede de Groot awaits. However, it wasn't meant to be for British No.3 Breakwell, who lost out to China’s world No.5 and 2022 semi-finalist Zhenzhen Zhu 6-2, 6-2.
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Harriet Dart, and Jodie Burrage are out of the Rothesay International Eastbourne, bowing out in the second round to two of the tournament favourites.
Dart put up a strong fight against Rothesay Classic Birmingham champion, Jelena Ostapenko, but couldn't deny the 2021 title-winner from a 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Second on Centre Court, Burrage was defeated by world No.7 Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-1, with the Brit now looking ahead to the start of Wimbledon next week.
Gauff is now set to play her doubles partner - world No.4 Jessica Pegula - in the quarter-finals.
Fourth seed and last year's Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur was knocked out in the second round by Italy's Camila Giorgi - who stormed to a 6-3, 6-2 win.
Ninth seed Daria Kasatkina beat Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to join Madison Keys and Petra Martic in the quarter-finals. Second seed Caroline Garcia recorded a 6-3, 6-4 win over Ana Bogdan in the last match of the day.
Liam Broady also missed out on a place in the quarter-finals against Sweden's Mikael Ymer. World No.61, Ymer took a 6-2, 6-4 win in an hour and 21 minutes.
There's been an early upset already on day three as Mackenzie McDonald knocked out the top seed and reigning champion Taylor Fritz 7-6(3), 7-6(8). Fritz had held a break advantage in both sets, but McDonald came back twice to seal the win in two hours and 17 minutes.
On the men's side there have also been wins for 2022 cinch Championships runner-up, Miomir Kecmanovic, American JJ Wolf, and France's Gregoire Barrere who knocked out world No.28 Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram are into the semi-finals thanks to a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Sam Weissborn and Romain Arneodo. Next up they will play reigning champions and fourth seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic.
Broady and Jonny O'Mara also bowed out of the men's doubles quarter-finals against top seeds and cinch Championships winners Ivan Dodig and Austin Kajicek 6-4, 6-4.
Liam Broady kicked off the action on Centre Court with a straight sets victory over fellow Brit Jan Choinski.
Broady defeated Choinski 6-3, 6-4 in and hour and a 33 minutes to set up a second round match against Sweden's Mikael Ymer.
"I feel at thr right place when I'm here and it's the best way to prepare for Wimbledon," he said. "I'm glad to get this win over the line this after losing a couple of close ones in the last few weeks."
The win marks Broady's second ATP Tour victory in 2023 after reaching the second round in Doha earlier this year.
Following on from Broady was Rothesay Open Nottingham champion Katie Boulter who exited in the first round to Croatia's Petra Martic 6-4, 7-5.
Meanwhile, having received a late call up this morning to join the main draw, Heather Watson lost to four-time WTA title winner Camilia Giorgi 6-3, 6-4.
Last year's Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur cruised through in the women's draw with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Jasmie Paolini.
The now top-ranked player in the draw, Caroline Gracia is into the second round with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Madison Brengle, while Rothesay Classic Birmingham champion Jelena Ostapenko also cruised through in straight sets. Ostapenko plays Harriet Dart in the second round.
American seeds Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula made easy work of their first round matches. Gauff will face Britain's Jodie Burrage with Pegula set to take on Camila Osorio.
On the men's side MacKenzie McDonald and Maxime Cressy clinched wins as Zhizhen Zhang upset seventh seed Lorenzo Sonego.
Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram just managed to edge through in the men's doubles, saving two match points to beat Robert Galloway and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 6-3, 6-7(6), 13-11.
Harriet Dart and Jodie Burrage both came through tough opening round matches in difficult weather on day one.
However, it wasn't to be for George Loffhagen and Ryan Peniston who exited in the first round.
WTA
Dart is into the second round in Eastbourne for the third time in her career with a 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-1 win over world No.37 Shuai Zhang.
Meanwhile, lucky loser Burrage came from a set down to defeat America's Lauren Davis 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a two hour battle.
Dart will face either of last week's champions - Petra Kvitova or Jelena Ostapenko - while Burrage could play Coco Gauff if the American wins her first round.
"That was a rollercoaster and I'm happy to close it out," said Dart. ""I was not just playing my opponent, but playing myself at times. The conditions were really tough, the wind was going everywhere and it took a while to adapt to it."
It was a tough start for Dart out in the windy conditions against the former Rothesay Open Nottingham runner-up. Zhang took the opening three games to the loss of just three points, but Dart bounced back straight away to level it up at 3-3.
At 5-5 Dart seized her chance to break while Zhang struggled to control her groundstrokes and managed to serve it out on her fourth set point.
The Brit had the chance to serve out the win at 5-4 in the second but couldn’t get over the line as Zhang pushed her to a tie-break and took the second set. Having then gone a break down in the decider, Dart gave the perfect response, shifting her game up a gear to win the next six games on the spin and close out yet another win on the grass.
Burrage got the late call up for the main draw last night, but came out fighting in the second match on Court 2. Despite losing the opening set on her final service game - the Brit proved why she can be a danger to any player on the grass.
Davis called for the trainer midway through the second set and after the break, the British No.2 took full command. She broke Davis and 3-3 in the second and then again at the start of the third. Burrage didn't face a single break point in the decider and closed out her win in front of the roaring crowd on her second match point.
"It was a tough match out there, conditions were not easy," she said. "I'm just glad to get through as I wasn't sure I was going to play here even after I got the call."
Elsewhere, Karolina Pliskova, Camila Osorio, Ana Bogdan and Daria Kasatkina all booked their place in round two.
ATP
Loffhagen came within inches of winning his first ATP Tour match on his debut against world No.79 Luca van Assche, but narrowly lost out 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in almost three hours.
The 22-year-old had chances to serve it out at 5-4 and 6-5 in the second set, but both times the Frenchman forced his way back into the match.
In the deciding tie-break, Van Assche found a crucial lob off a drop shot before the match came to an end with Loffhagen firing long off his backhand.
Peniston lost to Switzerland's Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 6-2 in the final singles match on Centre Court. The Brit now moves on to Wilmbledon where he has a main draw wild card.
Day one saw victories for American JJ Wolf, Aleksandar Vukic, Miomir Kecmanovic, Gregoire Barrere and Sebastian Baez.
Having all picked up victories on the opening day, Jodie Burrage, Heather Watson and Jan Choinski eventually lost in the final round of qualifying.
After a marathon win against Kamilla Rakhimova yesterday, Burrage was eventually dfeated by Italian second seed Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4. Burrage had held a double break advantage in the second set, but Paolini came back strong to win the final five games on the spin.
However, Burrage will live to fight another day in the main draw against Lauren Davis as the lucky loser from qualifying.
Watson on the other hand narrowly lost to world No.83 Camili Osorio 7-6(5), 6-2. The Brit fought back from a break down twice in the opening set but after being edged in the final points of the tie-break, the Colombian went on to take the win in an hour and 41 minutes.
In men's qualifying, last Brit standing Choinski lost to Daniel Galan 7-6(5), 6-4. Choinski had set points in the opener, but Galan came through in the important points throughout the match.
However, a drop out from the main draw has meant that Choinski is set to join the main draw as a lucky loser and will play Liam Broady in the first round.
Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart are set to feature in the women's main draw, while Ryan Peniston and George Loffhagen will also compete in the men's.
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