By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday June 17, 2023
A banner week for the Brits in Nottingham continues as Jodie Burrage and Katie Boulter reached the final.
Photo Source: Rothesay Open Twitter
It has been a banner week for the Brits at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham – and it will end with a British champion.
For the first time in 46 years, three British woman played the semifinals at the same WTA event on Saturday, with Jodie Burrage and Katie Boulter coming through to set the first all-British WTA final since 1977.
Boulter defeated Heather Watson in the first all-British semifinal since 1975, 6-3, 7-5, while Burrage topped Alizé Cornet, 7-5, 7-5.
Per WTA Media, in the last all-British final on the the WTA Tour, Sue Barker defeated Virginia Wade, in San Francisco.
126th-ranked Boulter and 131st-ranked Burrage are the fourth and fifth lowest-ranked finalists at a WTA grass court event since 1985.
Burrage won 12 of the final 14 points to finish off Cornet.
"I wasn't expecting this coming into this week, not going to lie, but I'm very happy with my performance today," she said.
Boulter has won the two previous meetings with Burrage – both players are bidding for their maiden WTA title.