At the LTA’s Lexus British Wheelchair Open, Nottingham’s Abbie Breakwell edged closer to retaining her Nottingham Futures crown after defeating compatriot Emily Grace Donnan in straight sets 6-2 6-3.

Following her title in Torino last week, the 20-year-old extended her winning streak to five – the best run of her pro career. 

“It was good! Definitely difficult going in, I’d never played her before and I’d only ever trained with her so I wanted to see what she brought to the competition but I actually thought she played really well.

Breakwell added, “I think I just managed to make a few more balls than she did. We were pushing each other which was really good.”

In the final, the British No.3 will face 16-year-old Yuma Takamuro who took out Britain’s Martha Harris inside an hour 6-1, 6-0.

Takamuro, from Japan, won her second Futures crown earlier this year in Australia and is eyeing up a trio of titles from her week in Nottingham as she also contests the women’s doubles final alongside Donnan and the Girls final.

Breakwell said: “I’m really excited about the final. I’m nervous but I’m really excited to get going.”

An all-British clash is set for the men’s Futures final as Hampshire’s Andrew Penney and Joshua Johns from Derbyshire booked their spots with straight set victories respectively.

Penney dropped just five games across his two matches today, taking out fellow-Brit Mehboob Hussain 6-0, 6-0 and Pakistan’s Asif Abbasi 6-4, 6-1. 

The 18-year-old from Hampshire has now reached five Futures finals this year and will be hoping to avenge his last three final defeats.

Across the net will be fellow British 18-year-old Johns who, in his first tournament since dislocating his elbow in early June, has advanced to the third Futures final of his career.

After beating Brit Ruben Harris earlier on in the day, Johns had it all to do against No.2 seed Francesco Felici of Italy. 

However, with history on his side, the Brit managed to extend his fine record against the Italian and seal his victory with a tight-fought win in the tiebreak, 7-5 7-6 (6).

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