WDSA Philadelphia Open Update: Top Two Seeds, With Difficulty, Advance To Finals
by Rob Dinerman
Dateline October 13th --- Both defending champions Steph Hewitt and Meredeth Quick and second seeds Narelle Krizek and Suzie Pierrepont were strongly challenged this afternoon at the Philadelphia Country Club in the semis of the $15,000 Philadelphia Open, but both came through in hard-fought four-game fashion, thereby earning the right to face each other Sunday afternoon at 1:00 in the final.
Hewitt and Quick, after a fast start, had tough sledding throughout the remainder of their 15-6 15-13 12-15 15-11 victory over the Brooklyn pair of Dana Betts and Emily Lungstrum, while Krizek and Pierrepont, winners of the season-ending Wilson Cup this past July, were pressed for the first three games by Philadelphians Amy Milanek and Dawn Gray before finally breaking away in the close-out fourth game of their 18-16 7-15 15-12 15-3 ticket to the final and with it the opportunity to avenge their straight-set defeat a year ago at the hands of Quick/Hewitt in the inaugural edition of this tournament.
The final is scheduled to be streamed live at ubsports.com.
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