LOUISE Hunt welcomed the feeling of disappointment after her British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championship exit against world number three Aniek Van Koot, writes Andrew Aloia.

Wanborough’s Hunt, 24, was beaten 6-2 6-4 by the third in the second round of the Nottingham Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

While she continues to search for her first singles win against the Dutchwoman, Hunt feels it was one her finest performances against the 2014 Master Champion.

“I pushed her, competed and challenged her today when last year she kicked my butt to be honest,” said world number 14 Hunt, who last went down 6-0 6-3 to Van Koot in the quarter-finals of the Bolton Indoor event in 2014.

“I’m disappointed I lost but upon reflection and having spoken to my coaches after the match there are a lot of positives to take from the match and I have to hold on to them.

“It is good to be frustrated and good that I can sit here and say ‘if only I did this and this, it could have been a different story’. It is certainly not a negative result.”

Hunt quickly earned herself a shot at redemption after joining Katharina Kruger to set up a doubles quarter final meeting with Van Koot and her partner Jiske Griffioen.

“After losing the singles the doubles is a chance to make up for it with a win on the same day,” said Hunt, who got past the pairing of Maria Diaz of Chile and Briton Sarah Gaisford 6-1 6-0.