Rosenzweig & Barlow are best of the west on TS Open Tour
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Nicolas Rosenzweig and Heather Barlow continued their impressive seasons on the TS Open Tour as they won the West of Scotland Championships.
Rosenzweig picked up his fourth title of the year, while there was a third victory for Barlow after an exciting week at Western Lawn Tennis Club.
In the men’s event, top seed Rosenzweig came from a set down in the opening round to beat David Killean 6-7, 6-2, 10-4, before straight-sets wins over Lance Nisbet and Scott MacAulay to reach the final.
There he faced Kyle McKay who took the opening set 6-2, but Rosenzweig fought back to win the second set by the same scoreline before clinching the title 10-5 in the match tie-break.
Going into the women’s draw as second seed, Barlow faced a tough opening tie, but eventually overcame Shaylin Holt 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 to progress into the semi-finals where she beat Aadya Iyer Chadalawada.
Second seed Sorcha Caves was her opponent in the final, but Barlow proved too strong, securing the title with a 6-2, 6-2 victory.
McHugh reaches final on ITF tour
Aidan McHugh reached a final on the ITF World Tennis Tour after an impressive run at the M25 in Edwardsville, Illinois.
The third seed battled hard to earn three-set victories in the first two rounds, before an impressive 6-1, 6-3 defeat of Siphosothando Montsi in the last eight.
The Scot then recovered from a set down to beat Marko Miladinovic in the semi-finals to set up a final with seventh seed Kyle Kang.
McHugh took the first set, but American 20-year-old Kang recovered well to claim the title with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 win.
Stewart wins in Dublin derby
There was a Scottish derby in Dublin as Hamish Stewart and Charlie Robertson met in the last 16 of an M15 as the ITF World Tennis Tour visited Ireland.
Stewart came out on top with a 7-6, 6-2 win en route to a semi-final appearance, where he was beaten by home favourite Michael Agwi.
In the doubles, he went a step further by reaching the final alongside partner Alastair Gray, before being edged out 4-6, 6-7 in a close battle with top seeds Finn Bass and Ben Jones.
