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5 minutes ago

INTO THE FINAL!!! @emilyarbuthnott backs up yesterday's stellar performance taking out former top 400 WTA player Eudice Chong (HKG) 6-1 6-3 

She becomes the first British woman to reach a World University Games singles final since Nell Truman in 1967

 

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3 minutes ago

So after a great fight, at 4-6 4-6, it's a silver medal for @emilyarbuthnott #unitennis team's best singles performance at the World #Universiade for 52 years and making it 8 International medals in last 4 yrs now for GB

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Who did she lost to in the final the a? 

A video from Holly capturing the atmosphere of the time in Napoli

twitter.com/i/status/1150762056477532161

Yes my club mate is now at Exeter and confirmed Jack FH coaches the first and second team, when he is there, which isn't much of the time, by the sounds of it.

I thought as Henry had done so well at North Carolina-Asheville in the States that he would give the tour a go rather than going for me education.  Presumably life as a tennis player is not on his to-do list.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 25th of November 2019 12:21:10 PM

From the LTA website -

"Six of the countrys best university tennis players have been selected to represent Great Britain at the world championships of university tennis in France later this month.

The MasterU BNP Paribas event is the worlds biggest annual university team tennis competition and takes place in Grenoble from 29 November 1 December. It will provide yet another opportunity to add to Great Britains growing reputation as one of the leading nations in the world for university tennis.

Having beaten the USA college side to win an historic first ever title in 2017, and then finished as runners-up last year, the British team will be hoping for another successful campaign this time around. They will once again be taking on some of the best university tennis players in the world with teams from Belgium, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the United States battling to lift the trophy.

Selected by BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) and managed by the LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Britain, the GB team features Maia Lumsden (University of Stirling), Ella Taylor (Loughborough University), Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford University), Ben Jones (University of Bath), George Houghton (Loughborough University) and Daniel Little (University of Nottingham). The team will be managed by the LTAs Alistair Higham, with Team Baths Barry Scollo acting as head coach."

Full article can be found at t.co/2EpkYknjXA

Emily continues the baking, and wins 6-0 6-0

Maia is next up