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
