Katie Swan through to Surbiton Trophy final but Katie Boulter misses out

<p>Katie Swan secured her place in the final of the Lexus Surbiton Trophy, but Katie Boulter's hopes of an all-British showdown were ended by defeat to veteran Belgian Yanina Wickmayer.</p>

<p>For the first time in the tournament's history, Great Britain had three women's players through to the semi-finals.</p>

<p>Swan was in determined mood for Saturday's opening match on Centre Court as she completed an impressive 6-1 6-0 victory over British number seven Lily Miyazaki in just over an hour.</p>

<p>The 24-year-old, who had knocked out first seed Tatjana Maria in the last round, built on an early break to swiftly open up a 5-0 lead before closing out the opening set.</p>

<p>It remained one-way traffic in the second as Swan kept the pressure on Miyazaki's serve with three straight breaks.</p>

<p>Miyazaki looked like she would break back in the sixth game, but Swan - who can secure the British number one spot by going on to win the title - twice recovered to level at deuce before clinching the match when a return went into the net.</p>

<p>"Today was probably one of the best matches I've played in my career - it was near perfect," Swan said in her court-side interview broadcast by the LTA.</p>

<p>"I am really happy that I was able to produce that and I can't wait to play in the final tomorrow."</p>

<p>Boulter was in pole position to go on and cement her place as British number one, but Wickmayer proved too strong as the 33-year-old closed out a 6-3 6-2 win.</p>

<p>The opening set remained on serve with no break opportunities until the eighth game when Wickmayer capitalised on some wayward returns from Boulter to take a decisive lead and then close things out 6-3.</p>

<p>Boulter made an important hold in the first game of the second set, but the Belgian kept the pressure on to break in the fifth game for a 3-2 lead as another return from the Briton flew wide.</p>

<p>Wickmayer - who won the doubles title with Sophie Chang on Friday - held and then battled back from 15-40 down to break Boulter again in the seventh game.</p>

<p>Although Boulter saved one match point, it was only delaying the inevitable as a return into the net saw Wickmayer progress to Sunday's final against Swan.</p>

<p>"I am really enjoying my time on the grass, so am really happy to have gotten a lot of matches this week," Wickmayer said following her win.</p>

<p>"I am really happy to be in another final here and just going to enjoy one more."</p>

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