OLIVER CRAWFORD said that he is “loving Ilkley” after becoming the first British player into the men’s quarter-finals of the ...

ON a day when there were more doubles matches than singles, British interest in the latter at the Lexus Ilkley Open was maintained by Amarni Banks.

The last British winner was Ann Haydon-Jones, who actually beat compatriot Winnie Shaw in the 1969 final. The likes of Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu and Heather Watson will be hoping to be next, but ...

Raducanu then gave her verdict on Slovakia’s Sramkova, who had knocked out defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova in her first-round match. “Yeah it’s really difficult, I watched her play ...