One win from two Roehampton finals for Preston tennis player Ella McDonald

Preston’s Ella McDonald was among three British title winners at the Lexus British Pro Series Roehampton competition which concluded last weekend.

The summer’s strong showings by home favourites continued at the LTA’s National Tennis Centre, where McDonald teamed up with Emily Appleton to claim the women’s doubles title.

After coming through a match tie-break in their semi-final, the pair faced the Nottingham women’s doubles winners Brooke Black and Angella Okutoyi.

A closely-fought encounter ended with McDonald and Appleton running out 7-5 7-6 winners.

McDonald’s hopes of a double, however, ended with defeat in the women’s singles final against Nottinghamshire’s Amelia Rajecki.

Rajecki and McDonald had joined forces to claim the women’s doubles title in Dublin the week before, but it was the former who claimed her second and biggest singles title to date.

There had been a walkover to the final for Rajecki following the withdrawal of Jodie Burrage: an extra day of rest which proved decisive.

She raced out of the blocks to claim the first set 6-0 in just 22 minutes.

McDonald got on the board by holding her serve in the eighth and 10th games, but it proved too little too late.

Rajecki took it up another notch to claim the remaining games and the title with a 6-0 6-2 win.

Charles Broom won the men’s singles, though fellow Brit Marcus Walters and Australian partner Stefan Vujic lost to the Slovenian-American pair of Sebastian Dominko and Nicholas Godsick in the men’s doubles final.

LTA tournament director Emerlyne Fuka said: “We enjoyed a fantastic week at the LTA's National Tennis Centre hosting the combined men’s and women’s event.

“The standard of tennis throughout the week was exceptional and the great weather made for a brilliant tournament atmosphere.

“It was especially pleasing to see British players claim three titles. A huge thank you to all the tournament staff for their hard work and dedication, and to the spectators who came along to support the event.”