It was the battle of endurance on court at the Darwin Junior International today with only one of the Singles Semi Finals lasting less than 2 hours, between Girls top seed Natasha RUSSELL and opponent Darina KAMENOFF. Russell claimed victory in an hour and a half, downing Kamenoff in straight sets 6-2 7-5.
On the other end of the scale, the longest match of the day saw opponents Edward VO [4] and unseeded Stefan BIANCHET battling it out on court for 3 hours in a tight 3-set match. Bianchet started strong, taking the first set 6-4, before Vo came back to claim the second set in a tie-break. Unfortunately for Vo, he was unable to keep his form, finally going down to Bianchet 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4.
The 2 remaining semifinals, lasting 2.5 hours each, saw come backs from both their respective winners after they lost their initial sets. Sara NAYAR [3] of Malaysia downed Aussie opponent Lara WALKER 2-6 6-3 6-2, whilst top seeded Japanese player Kokoro ISOMURA took out Aussie 3rd seed Alex BULTE 4-6 6-4 6-4.
They Girls and Boys Singles finals action will get underway from 11:00am Friday morning, with the Aussie hoping to be able to take down their overseas opponents. Natasha Russell will be the only player of the singles final aiming to take out dual crowns in Singles & Doubles events.
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