8:00am Wednesday 28th July 2010
BASINGSTOKE’S Josh Goodall continued his recent good form on the grass courts of Britain as he was beaten finalist in both the singles and doubles in a Futures tournament at Frinton-on-Sea.
The previous week he had enjoyed a double success at Ilkley and came very close to repeating it.
In the singles event the British number seven saw off fellow countryman Marcus Willis (6-2, 7-5), before beating Indian Divij Sharan (6-7, 6-2, 6-3) and then British Davis Cup reserve Alexander Ward (6-4, 7-6).
That saw him to the final, where unfortunately the Basingstoke-born player lost 7-6, 6-2 to Daniel Cox.
In the doubles events, Goodall, pictured, teamed up with fellow Brit Chris Eaton and they cruised into the final with straight sets wins over British pair David Rice/Sean Thornley (7-5, 6-3) and American duo Blake Strode/Christian Welte (6-4, 6-4).
In the final, they faced Anglo-American pair Tim Bradshaw and James Ludlow and, having lost the opening set 6-4, the all Brit pairing then stormed back to level the match thanks to a second set tie-break victory.
However, in the deciding set tie-break Goodall and Eaton narrowly lost out 10-7.
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