Britwatch: Doubly Goodall

Eurosport - Mon, 28 Apr 17:13:00 2008

Joshua Goodall and Neil Bramford secured their third doubles title of the year when they were handed a walkover in the final of the $15,000 Futures event in Cordoba, Mexico.

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The top seeded British pair were handed the trophy after Mexican third seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Carlos Palencia pulled out of the hardcourt final.

The success follows their victories in Bath and Albufeira earlier this season.

After a first-round bye, Goodall and Bramford rolled over Philippe De Bonnevie and Patrick Eichenberger 6-2 6-3 in round two before battling past Daniel Garza and Norikazu Sugiyama 6-2 3-6 10-6 to reach the final.

British number four Goodall was unable to match his success in the singles, where he was top seed, and withdrew from his quarter-final with Nicholas Monroe while trailing 6-2 2-1.

Richard Bloomfield and Alex Bogdanovic, meanwhile, struggled at the $50,000 Challenger in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as each went out in the first round.

Gordon Reid had better luck on the American gulf coast as he partnered Austrian Martin Legner to the doubles title at the Cajun Classic Wheelchair Tennis Championships.

In women's play, 19-year-old Sheffield native Anna Fitzpatrick reached the quarter-finals of the $10,000 ITF tournament in Toluca, Mexico after upsetting second seeded American Sabrina Capannolo 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the first round.

Meanwhile, 21-year-old Cambridge native Georgie Stoop reached the second round of the $25,000 ITF event in Incheon, South Korea after beating Japan's Chiaki Okadue 6-3 6-3.

Seventeen-year-old Amanda Carreras from Gibraltar reached the second round in Torrent, Spain after ousting home hopeful Sheila Solsona-Carcasona 6-3 6-1.

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