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Shuker misses out on Sydney final

Lucy Shuker
Shuker was seeded fourth for the tournament in Sydney

Lucy Shuker has been beaten in her semi-final at the Sydney International Wheelchair Tennis Open.

The Taunton-based world number 12 lost 6-0 6-2 to world number three Jiske Griffoen, from the Netherlands

The Qatar-born 28-year-old, who lives in Hampshire, was given passage to the last four when German quarter-final opponent Katharina Kruger fell ill.

This latest defeat was the eighth consecutive time that Shuker has lost to Griffioen.



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