Al Bilad newspaper Nine confrontations in the preliminary rounds and excitement rages among the professionals – 2024-02-13 11:35:12

The competitions of the Ministry of Interior Challenger Tennis Championship, which was held on the courts of the Public Security Officers Club in Gudaibiya, continued during the period from 11 to 17 February, under the supervision and organization of the Public Security Sports Federation, which witnessed the holding of nine matches in the preliminary rounds, six matches in the second qualifying rounds, and one match for the qualifiers. The final takes place on the second day of the tournament.
In the preliminary round matches, the Russian player Marat Sharapov defeated the Bahraini player Elias Abdulnabi with a score of 6/0 and 6/2. In the second match, the Turkish player Cem Elkel defeated the Ukrainian player Vladislav Orlov after he was behind in the first group with a score of 6/2 and 6/ 1 and 6/2, and the third match brought together the Bulgarian player Petr Nesterov and the Turkish player Erci Kerkin, the latter of whom won 6/2 and 6/3.
In the fourth match, the French player Laurent Lecoli defeated the Russian player with a score of 6/2 and 6/1. In the fifth match, the Austrian player David Belcher defeated the Polish player Daniel Michalki with a score of 6/0 and 6/2. In the sixth match, the player won Italian Peter Poldorini defeated Austrian player Matthew Dellavedova with a score of 2/6, 6/1, 6/2.

The seventh match brought together the Bulgarian player Yanki Milev and the Italian player Salvatore Caruso, the latter of whom won 3/6, 6/3, 6/2. The Russian player Mikalay Halyak also defeated the Australian player Anthony Popyrin with a score of 6/4, 5/7, 6/ 4 in the eighth match, and Adrian Andreev defeated the French player Lilian Marmoz with a score of 6/2 and 6/4 in the ninth match.
In the second qualifier, the Turkish Cem Elkel succeeded in defeating the Russian Marat Sharipov with a score of 6/1 after the latter withdrew from the match, and the Portuguese Gastro Elias defeated the Turkish Yankee Erel with a score of 1/6, 7/5, and 7/5 in an enthusiastic match, and the Norwegian won. Viktor Durasovich defeated the Turk with a score of 7/6 and 6/3, while the Frenchman Laurent Lucoli defeated the Austrian player David Belcher with a score of 7/5 after the latter withdrew from the match, while the Italian Peter Poldorini ended the hopes of his compatriot Salvatore Caruso in qualifying after defeating him with a score of 6/3. And 1/6 and 7/6.
In the final qualifying match of the tournament, the fifth seed in the tournament, Frenchman Richard Gasquet, won his qualification after defeating Swiss Marc-Andrea Hessler with a score of 6/3 and 6/4, concluding the second day’s matches.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the advanced rounds of the tournament will be completed with fifteen matches on the tennis courts at the Officers Club during the morning and evening periods, where Bahraini Yousef Qaed will play his first match in the tournament when he faces the second seed in the tournament, Italian Fabio Fognini, and the first seed in the Australian tournament will meet. Christopher O’Connell and Britain’s Billy Harris, in addition to other strong matches.