SHAIKH Nader Al Khalifa and his teammate Erwin Timola qualified for the men’s doubles quarterfinals in the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) Open Tennis Championship at the Bahrain Tennis Club in (BTC) courts.
The duo overcame Ashraf Atabani and Ahmed Jaffar 6-3, 6-1.
In the men’s super doubles semi-final, Abdulrahman Janahi and Janji defeated Hassan Reda and Abdulla Ahmed 6-4, 6-3.
The pair will now face Eric and Rahul Jaideep who defeated Sala and Stewart in a tough semfinal.
The finalists fell to 4-6 a defeat in the first set, before getting back on track and winning the second 6-1. In the golden tie-breaker set, Eric and Jaideep claimed a 10-7 win.
Vineeth Nair and Nasser Khonji also had an intense match in the men’s singles section. Khonji fought back after falling in the first set 7-5, to claim the second set easily at 6-1.
However, Nair put in a fine display in the golden tie-breaker, winning it 10-8.
Other Results
Men’s singles: Warrender Henry bt. Hamad Fardan 6-2, 7-6(6); Sinocruz Gilbert bt Ashraf Atabani 6-3, 6-3; Nalan Chokappa bt Ali Khalifa Mattar 6-2, 6-0.
Veterans’ over-45 singles: Anacin Ronaldo bt Teddy 6-1, 6-1; Sami Samaco bt Uday Shanbhang 6-4, 7-5; Cassius Perreira vt Farzam Kazrooni 6-1, 6-2; Kadri Rizk bt. Toledo Gerry 7-5, 6-2; Abastilas Norman bt Ghulam Mohammed 6-0, 6-0; Roni Cifra bt Diminc Alexander 6-2, 6-0; Joseph Stalin bt Karim Hajjar 6-3, 6-1; Somanthan bt Thahit Mohamed w/o.
Women’s doubles: Elena Sitjar/Emie Canlas bt Nazely Redha/Mariam Mohammed w/o; Thess Corral/Bohol Genalyn bt Faten Hamed/Mariam Abdulla w/o.
Today’s order of play
6pm: Kadri Rizk/Salaman Hassan vs Al Mahmood/Hijris Anwar; Khalid Qayoom/Ahmed Dhaif vs Khalid Rashdan/Abdulrahman Shwaitar; Hamad Al Fardan/Abdulnabi Abdulla vs Fahad Al Mahmeed/Isa Al Jawder; Nilesh Parmar/Pradeep Bhandary vs Ali Khalifa Mattar/AbdulNaser Gamal/
7pm: Khalid Al Satti/Gary Hudson vs Vineeth Nair/John Chacko; Ghazi Al Subaiy/Mohammed Abo Al Fateh vs Khalid Janahi/Khalid Nass; Sundara Ram/Nalan Chokappa vs Ahmed Adel Mahmood/Mohammed Hassan.
Men’s super doubles final: Abdulrahman Janahi/Janji vs Eric/Rahul Jaideep.
Veteran’s over-45 doubles: Anacin Ronaldo/Mananao Romeo vs. Ramirez Omar/Bernal Mike.
8pm: Veteran’s over-45 doubles: Joseph Stalin/Uday vs. Roni Cifra/Gerry Toledo; Ali Khonji/Fouad Shehab vs. Magdi Morsi/Kersi Master; Mohammed Al Mosawi/Hussain Nashaba vs. Farzan Kazrooni/Teddy.
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