Women’s World Doubles Update: Pierrepont/Hastings To Meet Stoker/Simmonds In All-England Final  
by Rob Dinerman

Finalists Georgina Stoker, Victoria Simmonds, Suzie Pierrepont and Carrie Hastings

Dateline May 9th --- Trailing two games to one, top seeds Suzie Pierrepont and her British compatriot Carrie Hastings defeated Canadians Seanna Keating and Steph Hewitt 15-12 in both the fourth and fifth games Saturday afternoon to earn a spot in the final of the 2015 World Doubles, held at the Onwentsia Club in suburban Chicago. Keating and Hewitt, who notched the Canadian National Doubles title three weeks ago, won the 2011 edition of this biennial World Doubles event and reached the final in 2013, but on this occasion they faltered a bit down the stretch, and Hastings and Pierrepont seized the initiative and finished strong. They will oppose a pair of countrywomen in the final, namely Gina Stoker and Victoria Simmonds, who knocked off defending champions Natalie Grainger and Amanda Sobhy convincingly in three games in the bottom-half semi.

    Both Sobhy and Hewitt did, however, qualify for the Mixed Doubles final, Sobhy by partnering Chris Callis to a treacherous five-game victory over Pierrepont and John Russell (saving match-ball against them in the fourth game), and Hewitt by teaming up with Viktor Berg to out-play 2013 World Mixed Doubles finalists Grainger and Preston Quick, 15-6 in the fourth. Ben Gould and Damien Mudge will oppose Russell and Clive Leach in the men’s final in a rematch of the 2011 final, in which Gould and Mudge rallied from two-one down to win in five games.

World Hardball Doubles Women's Semifinal Results:

Pierrepont/Hastings d Keating/Hewitt 10-15 15-11 13-15 15-12 15-12

Stoker/Simmonds d Sobhy/Grainger 15-9 15-10 15-12