SUNDAY AKINTOYE
Barakat Oyinlomo Quadri
The 2019 Lagos Open Tennis reaches its quarterfinals on Friday with all the Nigerian being showed the way out of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tour in matches decided on Thursday.
P.M. EXPRESS reports that Quadre Barakat Oyinlomo showed sign of progressing to the next stage of the competition after she stretched her opponent, Riya Bhatia in one of the second round matches. She however bowed to the superior power of the Indian player in a tough duel that ended 6-2, 2-6,2-6
Nigerian Blessing Samuel was humbled by Samir Sandra from India in 6-0,6-0 game. In less than 15 minutes, Nigerian Ubon Joseph Imeh retired in his match against 7 seed Garanganga, Takanyi from Zimbabwe. The match ended 3-0. Top seed in men’s singles Tunisia’s Mansouri Skander beat Nigerian Idoko Emmanuel 7-5, 6-4
In other results, Behrain’s Setkic Aldin defeated Indian Chaurasia, Yash 6-3,6-1. Number 4 seed Pichler, David from Austria beat American Bushamuka William in straight set of 6-1,6-0.Indian Goveas Aryan, number 8 seed defeated Cheruiyot, Kevin from Kenya 6 -3,6-2.
The quarterfinal matches will be played in both the singles and doubles events on Friday.
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