Three
African players fought their ways into the quarter finals of the second
leg (Futures 4) of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship in
the second round matches decided at Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan
Wednesday.
The
local players, however, are at the receiving end of defeats, as all the
Nigerian players in the second round failed to make the quarter final
stage.
Number
two seed in the men’s singles, South African Llyod Harris defeated
Swiss player, Jessy Kalambay in straight set of 6-3,6-3 to set up a
quarter final match against France's Fabio Reboul who beat Nigerian
Sylvester Emmanuel in 6-2,6-4 game.
Takanyi
Garanganga of Zimbabwe stopped Nigerian Joseph Imeh Ubon in straight
set of 6-4,6-2, while Duncan Mugabe of Uganda defeated Deimas N’Tcha of
Benin Republic in another straight set of 6-2,6-0.
Umaru
Balami could not survive the heat from tournament number sixth seed,
Antal Van Der Duim from The Netherlands as he was defeated in 2-6,1-6
game.
In
other results of the men'singles, Egyptian Karim-Mohammed Maamoun
defeated Aaron Cortes Alcaraz who retired in the second set of their
match after the result read 7-5, 5-2. French Sadio Doumbia, number 4th
seed, beat Ben McLachlan of New Zealand in 5-7,6-36-1 game.
Meanwhile,
the only Nigerian lady in the second round,Blessing Samuel, was sent out by French
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in a one sided match that ended 6-0,6-0.
Top
seed, Vaeriya Strakhova from Ukraine beat Mara Schmidt of USA 6-0,6-3.
Tadeja Majeric, who won a leg in the 2013 edition of the Governor's Cup
beat Fiona Codino of France 6-1,6-0.
Xiaozi Zhao of China upset number
sixth seed, Magarita Lazareva 7-6,6-7,6-1, while Swiss lady Conny Perrin
beat SShivika Burman of India in 6-3,6-1 game.
Prathana
Thombare of India defeated Ushna Suhail of Pakistan 6-0,6-2.
Russian-born Nigern r Melissa Ishuan Fiddzhen could not fly past
BulrnJulia Terziyska as she was sent parking in 6-0,6-4 match,
while South Africa-based Zimbabwean Valeria Bhunu stopped by Ulrikke
Eikeri Norway in 4-6, 6-1,6-3 game.
In
the quarter final pairings, Doumbia will face Van Der Dium, Duncan will
play Garanganga, Maamoun will battle Setkic in the Men’s Singles.
In
the Women's Singles, Strakhova will play Eikeri, Majeric will go to war
against Thombare, Chinese Xiaoni will battle Perrin, while
Andrianjafitrimo and Terziyska have a score to settle in the last match
of the quarter final.
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