Jersey also won two bronze medals in the women's doubles after both their pairs were beaten in the last four.Įva Hurst and Sonja Smith went down 6-2, 7-5 to Karen Faragher and Long while Natasha Forrest and Antonija Sokic lost to Barker and Watson-Steele in a dramatic final set tie-break. She went on to win the women's doubles as well as she teamed up with Lauren Barker to beat Isle of Man's top seeds Karen Faragher and Sarah Long in a tie break after ending 2-6, 7-6. "Most of the way we were pretty close, we were very well matched, it was down to who could hold serve, so the breaks were really important at the close times." "It was a really great match, a bit of a battle, so I'm really proud to have come out on the other side. "I feel really proud of myself," she told BBC Channel Islands. Guernsey won gold in the women's singles as fourth seed Lauren Watson-Steele beat Jersey's third seed Natasha Forrest 6-4, 7-5.įorrest led 4-1 in the second set but Island Games debutant Watson-Steele was able to come back to impress her home crowd.
Football, Tennis, Ice hockey, basketball, Baseball. Lauren Watson-Steele was competing at her first Island Games This web site contains directory of links to Live Results, Live Video Streaming, Scoreboards, LiveScores. He also won bronze in the men's doubles with Scott Weaver. Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Hewett, who is bidding for a first Wimbledon title, will play Martin De La Puente of Spain on Court One at around 11:00 BST, while Reid, a champion at SW19 in 2016, takes on 17-year-old top seed Tokito Oda of Japan on court three.Īfter playing their singles matches, the British duo will join forces to face Oda and his compatriot Takuya Miki in the wheelchair doubles final.It means Parker - who is ranked 429 in the world - has won nine Island Games gold medals throughout his career after helping Jersey retain the team event earlier this week.
The second seeds are up against Marcel Granollers of Spain and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos - the 16th seeds.Īnd, after today's rain meant Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid's wheelchair singles semi-finals were called off, they're taking to the court twice on Saturday. There's also the men's doubles final with Britain's Neal Skupski in action alongside Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof. Ons Jabeur and Marketa Vondrousova will take to Centre Court at 14:00 BST, but who will come out on top?Ĭan the Tunisian sixth seed avenge her defeat from last year's final and get her hands on a first Grand Slam trophy? Or will the unseeded Czech cause an upset? The second Saturday at Wimbledon means it's women's final day.
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