Shehab, Al Thawadi clinch doubles title
Fourth seeds Abdul Rahman Shehab and Khalid Al Thawadi clinched the Men’s Super Doubles final title in straight sets against sixth seeds Bader Abdul A’al and Antonio Catito 6-4, 7-6(6) in the latest matches of the 29th GPIC Open Tennis Championships at the Bahrain Tennis Club premises in Juffair.
In the quarter finals of the Men’s Doubles +45, the biggest shock was the defeat of top seeds Stalin Joseph and Uday Shanbhag and who went 6-1, 6-2 to unseeded Roni Cifra and Leo M.
Second seeds Kamal Khonji and Ali Khonji had no problem in their match as they brushed aside Gerry Toledo and Mike Bernel 6-0, 6-1.
In the Super Singles first round, all four top seeds - Yousif Qaed, Karim Redha, Lars Klaverstijn and Hassan Redha easily won in straight sets to advance to the quarter finals.
Other results:
Super Doubles (Semi-finals): (4)Abdul Rahman Shehab/ Khalid Al Thawadi bt (1)Hassan Nabi/Karim Nabi 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-3. (6)Bader Abdul A’al/ Antonio Catito bt (7) Nader Abdul A’al/Mohammed Abdul A’al 7-6(2)
Super Singles (1st Rd): (1) Yousef Qaed bt Salman Hassan 6-0, 6-2, (2)Karim Abdul Redha bt Cesar Lluch 6-0, 6-1, (3)Lars Klaverstijn bt Roy Boutagy 6-1, 6-2, (4)Hassan Abdul Redha bt Ariel Logrono 6-2, 6-1, Rashid Obaidli w/o Serwin Rampersad, Abdul Rahman Janahi w/o David O, Ali Alasfoor bt B Vuksitz 7-6(6), 6-2, Jasper M bt Ahmed Janahi 7-6(5), 6-4.
Mens +45 Doubles (Quarter finals): Kadri Rizk/David Edman bt Han De Winth/ Robert Timmers 6-2, 6-0, Ronald Anacin/Cassius Pereira bt Dennis Laude/Omar Ramirez 6-4, 6-0. (First round): an De Windth/Robert Timmers bt Jay Johnson Ibrahim/Abraham Fathallah 6-3, 6-1, Roni Cifra/ Leo M bt Fatih Ekici/Dimic Alexander 6-2, 6-0, Denis Laude/Omar Ramirez bt Ed Tuando/ Noel 6-1, 6-1, Ronald Anacin/Cassius Pereira bt K Somanathan/Mani Ags 6-3, 6-2, Gerry Toledo/Mike Bernal bt Ebrahim Qaed/Eyad Rafeei 6-4, 6-4.
Today’s action: (6pm):Men’s +45 Doubles (Semi-finals). Men’s +55 Doubles (Final). (7pm” Super Singles (Quarter finals).
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