![]() Jersey also won two bronze medals in the women's doubles after both their pairs were beaten in the last four.Įva Hurst and Sonja Smith went down 6-2, 7-5 to Karen Faragher and Long while Natasha Forrest and Antonija Sokic lost to Barker and Watson-Steele in a dramatic final set tie-break. She went on to win the women's doubles as well as she teamed up with Lauren Barker to beat Isle of Man's top seeds Karen Faragher and Sarah Long in a tie break after ending 2-6, 7-6. All the latest live tennis scores for all Grand Slam and tour tournaments on BBC Sport, including the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, ATP and WTA tour. "Most of the way we were pretty close, we were very well matched, it was down to who could hold serve, so the breaks were really important at the close times." "It was a really great match, a bit of a battle, so I'm really proud to have come out on the other side. "I feel really proud of myself," she told BBC Channel Islands. ![]() Guernsey won gold in the women's singles as fourth seed Lauren Watson-Steele beat Jersey's third seed Natasha Forrest 6-4, 7-5.įorrest led 4-1 in the second set but Island Games debutant Watson-Steele was able to come back to impress her home crowd. Lauren Watson-Steele was competing at her first Island Games He also won bronze in the men's doubles with Scott Weaver. ![]() It means Parker - who is ranked 429 in the world - has won nine Island Games gold medals throughout his career after helping Jersey retain the team event earlier this week.
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