TEENAGERS Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong, both semi-finalists at this year's junior Wimbledon, maintained their progress with comprehensive first-round victories.
The pair, Middlesex team-mates and friends, are on course to meet in the semi-finals in Bolton and both clearly feel the benefit of each other's progress.
Keothavong said: "We train together, and it's a good healthy rivalry. It would be pretty boring if there was no one like that to play against."
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