Monday, August 22, 2011

Goodall and Murray claim victory in Sutton

Josh Goodall and Samantha Murray won the men's and women's singles titles respectively as the AEGON British Tour Suttton concluded on Saturday at the Sutton Tennis & Squash Club.

In the women’s event top seed Samantha Murray beat Lucy Brown 6-3, 6-1 to secure the title and complete the week without dropping a set.

Fitzpatrick had earlier beaten the fourth seed Michaela Ince in the semi-finals whilst the second semi-final saw Brown beat eighth seed Georgina Bastick 6-1, 6-2.

In the men’s event top seed July's AEGON Player of the Month Josh Goodall was handed a walkover against third seed Andrew Fitzpatrick in the final.

Victory in Sutton represented his second AEGON British Tour title in as many weeks following success in West Worthing.

Goodall reached the final after defeating fourth seed Matthew Short 7-6(9), 1-6, 6-3 whilst in the second semi-finals Fitzpatrick overcame the second seed Marcus Willis in straight sets, 6-3, 2-0.

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