Day 7 at the City of Playford Tennis International has seen some outstanding results from the Aussie women, with both moving through to tomorrow’s semifinals.
Zoe Hives (Vic) was playing some outstanding tennis, leading 7-5 5-4 before eighth seed Bianca Andreescu (CAN) was forced to retire. Meanwhile, Alexandra Bozovic (NSW) was locked in a tough battle against Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE), eventually emerging victorious 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4. Sadly though, the comeback tournament is over for Vera Zvonareva (RUS) following her retirement against Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 6-3 1-2.
On the men’s side, Jason Kubler (Qld) is the last Australian man standing following a 6-3 6-3 victory over South Australian Alex Bolt. Having played some outstanding tennis this week, Marinko Matosevic (Vic) fell just short against Canada’s Brayden Schnur following an intense 3 hour, 10 minute battle, with Schnur taking the win 6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(3) and wildcard recipient Omar Jasika (Vic) pushed big serving American Reilly Opelka to the limit, with Opelka winning 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4.
Later in the day, Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) and Irina Khromacheva (RUS) were crowned the City of Playford Tennis International Women’s Doubles Champions following an intense 2-6 7-5 [10-5] victory over fourth seeds Junri Namigata/Erica Sema (JPN).
Day 8 will include singles semifinals and the men’s doubles final.
Kubler will start the day against Opelka on Centre Court, with Schnur and King taking to Court 1. Meanwhile, Bozovic will play Jessika Ponchet (FRA) on Court 8 and Bouzkova will take on Hives on Court 9, with all singles semifinals starting at 10.00 am.
The men’s doubles final of Maverick Banes/ Jason Kubler (Qld) vs Mackenzie McDonald (USA)/Tommy Paul (USA) will take place after sufficient rest, following the Kubler match on Centre Court.
Draws and orders of play for Saturday 6 January now available at: tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-pro-tour/city-of-playford-tennis-international
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