22 March 2017 | Tennis ACT

Heavy rain has delayed ACT Claycourt International #2, with showers on Day 1 and Day 2 of competition.

The Canberra Tennis Centre world-class European clay courts are currently at the mercy of intermittent storm fronts that forecasters say may persist until the end of the week.

On Tuesday 21 March, All Day 1 opening R32 singles matches were interrupted with play abandoned at 3pm. With partly cloudy morning conditions, Day 2 matches resumed at 10am, however another bout of heavy rain disturbed play at 2pm with four live singles matches forced off court.

11 singles matches were completed, four interrupted and one yet to start before play was interrupted on Day 2. The last singles match to occur was between local main draw wildcard James Frawley (ACT) and event #1 finalist, Blake Mott (NSW).

Of the 11 singles matches completed, four seeded players progressed to R16 including Spaniard [1] Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP), Victorian Omar Jasika [3], ACT Claycourt International #1 doubles champion Evan King [5] (USA) and ACT Claycourt International #1 singles champion, Marc Polmans (VIC).

Wildcards Jason Kubler (QLD) and Jeremy Beale (AUS) forced out their main draw opponents in straight sets while Japanese competitor Sora Fukuda ousted seventh seed Jose Statham (NZL).

And in a Mildura Grand International final re-match, Victorian sixth seed Dayne Kelly couldn’t repeat his 2017 final performance against opponent Bradley Mousley (SA), Mousley taking the match 6-7[3], 7-6[4], 6-1 in 2 hours and 34 minutes.

Event #2 attracted 71 players at sign-in attracted 68 players at sign in for the first event, forcing seven alternates out of competition – another first for Canberra Pro Tour events in the space of two weeks.

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