WDSA St. Louis Update: Top Two Seeds To Meet In Final  
by Rob Dinerman


Dateline February 28th --- Top-seeded defending champions Narelle Krizek and her sister Tarsh McElhinny defeated Fernanda Rocha and Amy Gross 15-7, 13 and 14 this afternoon in the semifinals of the second annual St. Louis Open, hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club.

Krizek and McElhinny, who rallied from a two games to love deficit to overtake Steph Hewitt and Meredeth Quick in last year’s final, will face Hewitt again in a Sunday summit, this time with Dana Betts as her partner, after the second seeds and 2013 U. S. National Doubles winners Hewitt and Betts emerged victorious 15-13, 9 and 13 from their bottom-half semi against Victoria Simmonds and Heidi Mather.

The top two seeds were both byed to the semis of this six-team draw, in which quarterfinal action on Friday saw Rocha and Gross win in straight sets over  Karen Jerome and Tehani Guruge, while the Mather/Simmonds duo dropped the second game but recovered to earn a 15-6, 9-15, 15-12, 15-9 win over Phoebe Trubowitz and Sarah West.