MILES Maclagan, who faces former Davis Cup player Danny Sapsford in
today's men's singles quarter-final at the Volkswagen national tennis
championships at Telford, eased into the last four of the men's doubles
yesterday.
The 19-year-old Scot and his partner, Andrew Foster, who reached the
last 16 at Wimbledon this year, beat Nick Gould and Andrew Richardson
7-6, 6-4, in the opening round, and then defeated Mike Wyeth and Greg
Saffrey 6-2, 6-2.
Ross Matheson and Sapsford went down 6-3, 6-3 to top seeds Jeremy
Bates and Mark Petchey in round one, while Michele Mair and Jane Wood
scored a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Clare Spencer and Vanessa Irvine before
bowing out 5-7,
6-4, 7-5, to Caroline Hunt and Alison Smith in the last eight.
The evergreen Bates is set for a generation game with teenager Tim
Henman.
Top seed and defending champion Bates stormed into the last eight with
a 6-0, 6-3 mauling of unranked qualifier Luke Milligan, while Henman was
more unhurried in his 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 defeat of Nick Adams.
Although Bates is ranked much higher than Henman, the clash should
give an interesting view of the old and the new in British tennis.
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