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Venue:<\/strong> Nottingham Tennis Centre <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 12-18 June<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Live coverage daily on the BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website & app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | British number one Katie Boulter came through a tricky encounter with Ukrainian lucky loser Daria Snigur in straight sets to reach the Nottingham Open quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n Boulter, ranked 126 in the world, beat 21-year-old Snigur 7-5 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “It was an absolute battle, I’m really proud of myself,” said Boulter, 26.<\/span><\/p>\n She holds the top British women’s ranking for the first time in her career after reaching the semi-finals of the Surbiton Trophy last week.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite losing to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the last four of that grass-court tournament, Boulter jumped ahead of Emma Raducanu who has been hampered by injuries and seen her ranking plummet.<\/span><\/p>\n Remembered for a first-round upset at the 2022 US Open where she knocked out Simona Halep, Snigur broke early against Boulter.<\/span><\/p>\n Home player Boulter squandered seven break points in the sixth game of the opening set with Snigur eventually closing out the game to take a 4-2 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite her mistakes, persistence paid off as Boulter broke back to level 4-4 and went on to take the first set in an hour and 15 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n Snigur had knocked out the Brazilian second seed and defending champion Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round but seemed to be hindered by a knee problem against Boulter.<\/span><\/p>\n The Briton went down another break early in the second set, but Snigur’s knee issues meant she eventually needed a medical time out midway through the second set.<\/span><\/p>\n Boulter capitalised on her opponent being evidently uncomfortable, winning three games in a row before confidently seeing the match out and reaching a third quarter-final on the Nottingham grass.<\/span><\/p>\n “I put my heart on the line and played as well as I could,” said Boulter after the match. “A couple of those games were ridiculous. It was so tough.”<\/span><\/p>\n Harriet Dart<\/strong> could set up an all-British quarter-final should she beat Ukrainian <\/span>Anhelina Kalinina<\/strong> in her last-16 match while fellow Briton <\/span>Jodie Burrage<\/strong> faces Poland’s <\/span>Magda Linette<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Andy Murray<\/strong>, who won the Surbiton Trophy last week, is in action against France’s <\/span>Hugo Grenier<\/strong> later on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n In the men’s doubles, British duo <\/span>Liam Broady <\/strong>and <\/span>Jonny O’Mara<\/strong> secured a comfortable 6-1 6-4 win over India’s Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni to reach the semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n Joining them in the last four were fellow Britons <\/span>Jacob Fearnley<\/strong> and <\/span>Johannus Monday<\/strong>, who beat Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, and the British pairs could meet in the title match should they both win their semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n |