Lagos Open 2nd Leg: Quadre, Nahimana, Blessing Face Tough Second Round Fixtures On Thursday

SUNDAY AKINTOYE

Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre of Nigeria

Having scaled the first round hurdles to make their ways to the next stage of the main draws of the second leg of ongoing Lagos Open Tennis, Nigerian Barakat Oyinlomo Quadre, Blessing Samuel and Burundian Sada Nahimana will have their hands full when they face tough oppositions in their respective second round matches on Thursday.

P.M. EXPRESS reports that Quadre had an easy first round match on Wednesday beating her opponent from Denmark, Dasam Divine Nweke in straight sets of 6-0,6-0 to qualify for the second round in the women’s singles. Also Blessing Samuel made it to the second round after she beat compatriot Muhammed Jumai in another straight sets of 6-2, 6-1. So also was Nahimana, who won the women’s singles trophy in the first leg of the ITF World Tour, as she got the best out of Nigerian-born USA player Adesuwa Osabuhoien.

Early in the morning on Thursday, Quadre will take Tamara Kurovic from Serbia in the first match on the centre court of Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, while Blessing Samuel will play against runner up in the final of women’s singles in the first leg, Brazil’s Laura Pigozzi. Nahimana on the other hand will battle Nastia Kolar, tournament number 4 seed.

Below is the second fixtures as released by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Thursday.

Thursday’s Order of Play

Center Court
1	Starting at 9:30	WS	R16	Tamara CUROVIC [8]	–	Barakat Oyinlomo QUADRE
2	Not Before 10:30	MS	R16	Aziz OUAKAA	–	William BUSHAMUKA
3	Followed By	MS	R16	Calvin HEMERY [5]	–	Courtney John LOCK
4	Followed By	MS	R16	Thomas SETODJI	–	Aziz DOUGAZ [3]
5	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	MD	QF	Benjamin LOCK / Courtney John LOCK [1]	–     –	Sylvester EMMANUEL / Takanyi GARANGANGA
Court 1
1	Starting at 9:30	WS	R16	Sandra SAMIR [3]	–	Nika KUKHARCHUK
2	Not Before 10:30	WS	R16	Sada NAHIMANA	–	Nastja KOLAR [4]
3	Followed By	MS	R16	Skander MANSOURI [1]	–	Gianni MINA
5	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	MD	QF	David PICHLER / Aldin SETKIC [4]	–     –	Calvin HEMERY / Tristan MERAUT
Court 2
1	Starting at 9:30	WS	R16	Jasmin JEBAWY	–	Valeriya STRAKHOVA [2]
2	Not Before 10:30	WS	R16	Isabella KRUGER	–	Riya BHATIA [6]
3	Followed By	MS	R16	Michael-John EVERY	–	Takanyi GARANGANGA [6]
4	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	WD	QF	Rutuja BHOSALE / Laura PIGOSSI [1]	–     –	Isabella KRUGER / Zoe KRUGER
Court 3
1	Starting at 9:30	WS	R16	Seone MENDEZ [1]	–	Lexie STEVENS
2	Not Before 10:30	MS	R16	Tristan MERAUT	–	Aldin SETKIC [7]
3	Followed By	MS	R16	Dhruv SUNISH	–	Benjamin LOCK [2]
5	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	MD	QF	Jatin DAHIYA / Dhruv SUNISH	–     –	William BUSHAMUKA / Aryan GOVEAS [2]
Court 6
2	Starting at 10:30	WS	R16	Sowjanya BAVISETTI	–	Rutuja BHOSALE [5]
3	After Rest, Not Before 12:00	WD	QF	Jasmin JEBAWY / Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY	–     –	Tamara CUROVIC / Valeriya STRAKHOVA [2]
5	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	MD	QF	Mohammed MOHAMMED / Joseph Imeh UBON	–     –	Michael-John EVERY / Eric VANSHELBOIM
Court 7
1	Starting at 9:30	WS	R16	Laura PIGOSSI [7]	–	Blessing SAMUEL
2	Not Before 10:30	MS	R16	David PICHLER [4]	–	Jatin DAHIYA
3	After Rest, Not Before 12:00	WD	QF	Chiraz BECHRI / Carla TOULY	–     –	Sandra SAMIR / Prarthana G. THOMBARE [3]
4	After Rest, Court & Time TBA	WD	QF	Sada NAHIMANA / Lexie STEVENS	–     –	Sathwika SAMA / Saumya VIG
Last Updated: 16 Oct 2019 16:57 GMT All match times are shown in local time. At combined Men’s and Women’s tournaments, missing match numbers may indicate scheduled matches for a related event.