[Tennis/NSTT] Clay Court season 6 [RP/Results]

[Electrum]

Cutoff

Tomorrow's weather - 44C/111F - Play has been cancelled
Day after tomorrow's weather - 39C/102F - dry wind. Temperature will cool considerably with a cool change to arrive at sunset to around 20C/68F.

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Singles Competition - Round 2 - Bottom Half

Section 5
Dewa Putu Adrian Putra (PCU)     6   6   4   1   1
Carmichael Brown (ETM)           2   3   6   6   6

Armin Miksa (GGY)                6   6   4   4   4
Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)           1   4   6   6   6

Theresa Waterford (KHD)          7   6   4   6
Audri Manford (SKH)              6   2   6   3

Valery Ushakov (WSN)             3   4   4
Valentina Spetsova (TJU)         6   6   6

Section 6
Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU)      6   6   6
Dietrich Cassarro (NEG)          1   2   4

Ayu Ratih Kemalasari (PCU)       7   4   6   6
Alif Khadarim (NAZ)              5   6   3   1

Jean van de Kloor (TJU)          6   6   4   6
Belle Nichols (AIG)              1   2   6   2

Rodrick Uppatin (KHD)            3   3   7   5
Naim Alex (SHT)                  6   6   5   7

Section 7
Andrew Simmons (ETM)             3   6   6   6
Louisa Henderson (CSE)           6   1   1   4

Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ)             6   2   6   7
Juan Subdula (NWK)               2   6   3   6

Thedebrand Sanctiing (DCS)       7   4   6   2   6
Carla Tormo (AQL)                5   6   4   6   4

Arthur Leloup (RCN)              3   4   6   3
Leo Garry (BRI)                  6   6   3   6

Section 8
Syamim Kevin (SHT)               6   7   6   7
Burama Fadika (BNJ)              7   5   4   6

Alan Sanchez (NWK)               7   6   6   4   2
Irina Elinova (NAZ)              5   7   4   6   6

Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)         6   3   7   6
Pelissa Giannapolous (ETM)       2   6   5   4

Marco Vrient (NEG)               6   6   6   6
Rangga Septiandi Putra (MWI)     2   7   4   3

Doubles Competition - Round 2 - Bottom Half

Section 5
Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM)                  6   7
Chandra Wiguna/Andi Permadi (PCU)                   2   6

Jurgen DiPasso/Marco Vrient (NEG)                   6   1
Justin White/Joe Fernández (NWK)                    7   6

Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)                           3   6   6
Ketut Artha Wiguna/Komang Ayu Chandrasari (MWI)     6   2   2

Fenrir Colf/Amy Yuan (SAP)                          2   7   8
Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)                   6   6  10

Section 6
Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG)                    6   6
Fats Sullivan/Brianna Van Pelt (AIG)                4   3

Dwiyana Lutanto/Dwiyani Lutanto (MWI)               4   1
Jeremy Metagne/Elizabeth Corbisieri (KRY)           6   6

Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)                      7   6
Armani Mata/Mariza Kaľat (KLS)                      6   2

Vanessza Pataki/Marvin Weinwurm (GGY)               4   5
Leanne Stewart/Anthony Kawasaki (ETM)               6   7

Section 7
Leone Na/Abi Forrest (BRI)                          3   0
Adelinde Günther/Lucas Magnier (RCN)                6   6

Eka Putrawan/Dwi Ratmadi (PCU)                      2   2
Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)                6   6

Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD)                  6   6
Dariq Ishaqtar/Nur Irin-Amirana (NAZ)               1   0

Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)                6   7   6
Komang Antari/Kadek Andreawati (PCU)                7   6   3

Section 8
Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ)                 6   6
Juan Subdula/Niken Subdula (NWK)                    3   3

Luke Subdonez/Julia Devoningstan (NWK)              2   6   2
Jeff Rogers/Martha McNeil (GRU)                     6   3   6

Jaguar Zenteanite/Zeke Newham (BRI)                 4   6   5
Mekar Laut/Sekar Laut (ERM)                         6   4   7

Novita Nurdiansyah/Krisna Wibawa Tantan (FID)       5   2
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)                  7   6

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Singles Competition - Round 3 (in 48 hours)

Section 1
[1] Dominika Lisicki (MTJ) vs [WC] Carlos Thirdspade (SPM)
[Q] Lara Navarro (AQL) vs [15] Mattias Burges (MTJ)

Section 2
[WC] Kim Boi-An (RAJ) vs Haikal Jansen (SHT)
[WC] Heather Long (AIG) vs [10] Danjiella Zovic (NEG)

Section 3
[6] Mindy Waterford (KHD) vs Joe Katsi (TJU)
Bartholomew Pole (KHD) vs [12] Gaëlle Sellier (RCN)

Section 4
[3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) vs Shinji Makauchi (TJU)
Jason Gordon (BRI) vs Janet Riley (ETM)

Section 5
Carmichael Brown (ETM) vs [27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)
[20] Theresa Waterford (KHD) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)

Section 6
[5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) vs Ayu Ratih Kemalasari (PCU)
[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) vs [6] Naim Alex (SHT)

Section 7
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [WC] Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ)
[Q] Thedebrand Sanctiing (DCS) vs [11] Leo Garry (BRI)

Section 8
[4] Syamim Kevin (SHT) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)
[17] Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU) vs Marco Vrient (NEG)

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Doubles Competition - Round 3 (in 48 hours)

Section 1
[1] Camille Fournier/Inès Fournier (RCN) vs [26] Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY)
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM) vs Carla Tormo/Lara Navarro (AQL)

Section 2
Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG) vs [30] Evgeny Kondratenko/Oleg Vlasov (WSN)
Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM) vs [12] Shinji Makauchi/Felipe de la Rosa (TJU)

Section 3
Odran Rudaski/Sigestan Joshi (DCS) vs [Q] Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)
[18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM) vs [9] Arthur Leloup/Hildebrant Weisgerber (RCN)

Section 4
[3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) vs [29] James Williams/Alexandra Helmand (KRY)
[22] Alexandra Barna/Ralph Henschel (GGY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

Section 5
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [27] Justin White/Joe Fernández (NWK)
[17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) vs [16] Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)

Section 6
[5] Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG) vs [25] Jeremy Metagne/Elizabeth Corbisieri (KRY)
[21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ) vs [11] Leanne Stewart/Anthony Kawasaki (ETM)

Section 7
Adelinde Günther/Lucas Magnier (RCN) vs [28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)
[24] Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD) vs Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)

Section 8
[4] Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ) vs [32] Jeff Rogers/Martha McNeil (GRU)
Mekar Laut/Sekar Laut (ERM) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)

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Order of Play - Day 5
Play will be undercover for the three show courts and will have day sessions starting at 11am with evening sessions starting at 7pm. Remaining courts will start their first match at 9am sharp, second matches will start at 4pm and continue under floodlit lights, to avoid the heat in the middle of the day.

The Cauldron
Day session
Carmichael Brown (ETM) vs [27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)
[1] Dominika Lisicki (MTJ) vs [WC] Carlos Thirdspade (SPM)
[4] Syamim Kevin (SHT) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)
Evening session
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [WC] Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ)
[3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) vs Shinji Makauchi (TJU)

Court 2
Day session
[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) vs [9] Naim Alex (SHT)
[6] Mindy Waterford (KHD) vs Joe Katsi (TJU)
Bartholomew Pole (KHD) vs [12] Gaëlle Sellier (RCN)
Evening session
[5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) vs Ayu Ratih Kemalasari (PCU)
[20] Theresa Waterford (KHD) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)

Court 3
Day session
[Q] Lara Navarro (AQL) vs [15] Mattias Burges (MTJ)
[WC] Heather Long (AIG) vs [10] Danjiella Zovic (NEG)
Jason Gordon (BRI) vs Janet Riley (ETM)
Evening session
[Q] Thedebrand Sanctiing (DCS) vs [11] Leo Garry (BRI)
[17] Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU) vs Marco Vrient (NEG)

Court 4
[WC] Kim Boi-An (RAJ) vs Haikal Jansen (SHT)
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [27] Justin White/Joe Fernández (NWK)
[4] Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ) vs [32] Jeff Rogers/Martha McNeil (GRU)
[1] Camille Fournier/Inès Fournier (RCN) vs [26] Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY)
Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG) vs [30] Evgeny Kondratenko/Oleg Vlasov (WSN)

Court 5
Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM) vs [12] Shinji Makauchi/Felipe de la Rosa (TJU)
[3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) vs [29] James Williams/Alexandra Helmand (KRY)
[5] Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG) vs [25] Jeremy Metagne/Elizabeth Corbisieri (KRY)
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM) vs Carla Tormo/Lara Navarro (AQL)

Court 6
[22] Alexandra Barna/Ralph Henschel (GGY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)
[18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM) vs [9] Arthur Leloup/Hildebrant Weisgerber (RCN)
[24] Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD) vs Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)
Mekar Laut/Sekar Laut (ERM) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)

Court 7
Odran Rudaski/Sigestan Joshi (DCS) vs [Q] Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)
[17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) vs [16] Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)
[21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ) vs [11] Leanne Stewart/Anthony Kawasaki (ETM)
Adelinde Günther/Lucas Magnier (RCN) vs [28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)

[The Andromeda Island Group]

The Andromeda Sports Connection
Hamilton Tennis Park
Hamilton, Electrum
Day 4 Coverage

Lucius Webb stands outside of the tinderbox. Almost all of the matches for the day are over, and it’s late in the night, but there are still a number of tennis fans out. Some occasionally wave behind Webb.

WEBB: Yesterday, we saw a few of Andromeda’s best progress into the 3rd round of competition, which will start the day after tomorrow. Heather Long found her way through her second straight five setter to advance to the round of 32. Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale also advanced, showing that there are at least three Andromedan players ready for Prime Time. Tonight, we would see if any of their compatriots would join them.

Cut to doubles action. Webb voices over.

WEBB: The young Andromedans Fats Sullivan and Brianna Van Pelt faced perhaps their highest ranked opponent they’ve seen in their young international careers. Having qualified for the tournament last week and coming back to win 7-5 in the opening round, they faced #5 Elke Hartung & Karina Gerard, who were playing their first match of the tournament after a first-round bye.

Cut to a photo of Gerard serving for the match

WEBB: The youngsters had a hellova run, but just ran out of steam in the Hamilton Heat. They lost 6-3 in two.

Cut to Belle Nichols’ match.

WEBB: The other Andromedan playing today was Annabelle Nichols. Also a qualifier, Nichols faced #18 Jean van der Kloor of Tjun-la. I talked with Belle Nichols after the match about what went down.

Cut to interview with Belle Nichols.

NICHOLS: From my standpoint, it’s not a mystery to see why he’s one of the top players in the world. It was definitely a trial by fire. It was hot enough, anyway.

Cut back to highlights.

WEBB: Nichols was unable to make it four in a row as van der Kloor won 6-2 in four.

Cut back to Webb.

WEBB: Earlier today, ASC’s tennis expert Dave Bishop sat down with Heather Long, Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale about their tournament so far.

HOOD: Sarah and I, we push each other. We both played singles before and… frankly, we wouldn’t be here if we were singles players.

VALE: It’s true, Dave. It’s kind of like the whole being more than the sum of the parts. Neither one of us are so great by ourselves, but together, it’s like we’re ten feet tall.

Hood and Vale turn to Heather Long, who’s much taller than them. They all laugh.

LONG: Actually, in some ways, I envy Sarah and Janelle. It’s much easier for me to motivate myself with them as an example than it is for me to reach into myself for inspiration.

BISHOP: So, how did you survive those two matches.

LONG: Cheese cake, Dave.

VALE: You’ve got to try the cheese cake they serve at the hotel.

HOOD: Especially with the strawberries. You know, it was Fats who hipped us to the strawberries.

VALE: Fats and Van Pelt, if they didn’t have to go through qualifying… those kids are smart. Fats is much smarter than he looks.

Bishop turns specifically to Hood and Vale.

BISHOP: So, what about your next match, Kondratenko and Vlasov.

VALE: We have all day tomorrow to learn about them, Dave. From what I understand, they won in straight sets. Tomorrow, we’re looking to beat the heat.

BISHOP: And you, Miss Long.

LONG: The same, Dave. I may do some exercising very early tomorrow morning, but after two marathon matches in three days, I won’t be on my feet much.

BISHOP: One last thing, NSTT officials are debating about whether Hamilton should remain a Grand Slam event. Where do you weigh in on that?

HOOD: I’m not sure. I think there should be one Grand Slam event in Electrum.

VALE: And sure, people will complain about the heat, but that’s part of playing in Hamilton. There should be one tournament where players are tested by the elements as well as each other.

LONG: As long as you know what you’re getting into, there shouldn’t be any problem coming here. Now, the four grand slams should all be in different countries, but if there is one that remains in Electrum, it should be this one.

BISHOP: So, there you have it. With tennis stars Janelle Hood, Sarah Lee Vale and Heather Long, I’m Dave Bishop. We now return to ANC Studios in Andromeda City.

[Electrum]

Centralis Herald - Sports Section - Luke Zhang

ELTA calls break day as temperatures start to scorch

In accordance with the Hamilton International's extreme heat policy, there will be no play tomorrow. Ticket-holders will receive a refund, and the tournament rounds will be pushed back by a day.

This shock decision should really come as no surprise. The temperature would have been unbearable, and it would have been unfair to expect athletes to put their bodies on the line in such high temperatures. Meanwhile, the go-ahead has been given for the day after tomorrow, with the expected cool change being the contributing reason to allow the doubles players on outside courts a reprieve from the conditions. After the day after tomorrow, it is predicted that the cool change will stay, meaning cooler temperatures after the conclusion of Round 3.

Unfortunately, the hot conditions already proved too much for some players. Electrum's Pelissa Giannopolous, a local who should be used to the heat, collapsed right after her loss to Pemecutan's Maria Sophia Lubis. Lubis grinded down Giannopolous, trying to make the rallies as long as possible, and toying with Giannopolous as if she were a cat by pushing her around the baseline. For the Electrumite, it was tough going. She was nursing her own knee soreness, which was clearly evident when she entered the court with kinesiological tape around her knees. The injury occurred during training when she accidentally fell over and skidded on her left knee.

Aside from that loss, it was a rather successful day for the Electrumites, with all the other singles and doubles matches today coming in our favour, to make a total of three singles and two doubles pairs remaining in the competition. Additionally, the Electrumite-Kohnhead pairings have also made it into the third round as well. Electrumite top seeds Ronya and Andrew Simmons saw off their opponents comfortably. All of the other Electrumites also had comfortable match wins as well. Except for Carmichael Brown.

It took five gruelling sets, but he managed to topple the #2 seed, Dewa Putu Adrian Putra in five sets, losing the first two, and then rallying, along with the crowd, to win the next three sets. After the third set it was all down hill for the Pemecutanian, losing 6-1, 6-1 in the final two. This can be attribute to Putra's sheer exhaustion, and he seemed out of it in today's match. His ball toss was off (it was always too high, which meant his serves generated less power when he swung into it) and his movement seemed sluggish at times. As an Electrumite observer, watching Brown win this marathon match was also gruelling. Brown failed to take the opportunities as they came up, such as failing to take a single break point off Putra during the second set despite a dozen opportunities, while Putra just needed two chances to break Brown and gain that second set. Luckily, he was not as hot-tempered as usual, which meant the heavily partisan crowd was on his side, and it was probably a mixture of Putra's exhaustion and the crowd's support which got Brown over the line. He next faces the rising star from Aqual, Bartolo Sabanero, in what will be the toughest match yet for the Electrumite. Sabanero is in great form, and despite the fact that it also took him five sets to defeat Armin Miksa. Sabanero has, unlike Brown, a great clay season with good runs into the Tier 1 Mattijanan and Recuecn tournaments. He will definitely be one to watch for sure.

[TJUN-ia]

Day 4 at the Hamilton International was set to be a scorcher, no matter what happened at Electrum's Clay Grand Slam. There was a dry heat in the air that was present throughout the day and got as high as 30C/86F. 2 Singles players and 2 Doubles pairings had already qualified for Round 3, but now a few more TJUN-ians were looking to join them...

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SINGLES
Section 5
[13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU) bt [WC] Valery Ushakov (WSN) (6-3, 6-4, 6-4)
Scarlet had no problem taking done her 2nd player from Waisnor in a row, Wildcard Valery Ushakov was certainly competitive, but he couldn't hold back the 13th seed in a straight-sets victory. Her Round 3 opponent will be...the 20th seed, Theresa Waterford of Kohnhead. Yep, we're doing this. The Waterford twins take on TJUN-ia on Court 2. The tennis gods demand it and so it shall be. May Margaret have mercy on our souls....

Section 6
[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) bt [Q] Belle Nichols (AIG) (6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2)
De Kloor of Toropo also went through, although his match against his 2nd opponent from The Andromeda Island Group had some choppy waters. Qualifier Belle Nichols seemed to improve set after set, to the point of winning set 3. But once that happened, Jean took over to end this match for good. His opponent tomorrow is 9th seed Naim Alex of Sharktail, as 9 and 18 must duel in Court 2.

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DOUBLES
Section 5
[17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) bt Ketut Artha Wiguna/Komang Ayu Chandrasari (MWI) (3-6, 6-2, 6-2)
As for the doubles, The Li Bo twins had to work for this one. Mengwi's Ketut Artha Wiguna and Komang Ayu Chandrasari won the first set, putting the twins on the ropes. But 2 incredible sets means that the twins pulled off the reverse-sweep. Wiguna and Chandrasari might have won on a better day, but that was not today. In Round 3, after a rest day to sue unbearable conditions forecast for tomorrow, the will face the team just above them in seeding - 16th seeds Izzat Manson and George Fakhrul of Sharktail.

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Day AfterTOMORROW'S MATCHES (Coverage Starts at 10:00 am TST)
Weather: 39C/102F - dry wind. The temperature will cool considerably with a cool change to arrive at sunset to around 20C/68F.
The Cauldron
Match 5 (Eve): [3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) vs Shinji Makauchi (TJU)

Court 2
Match 1: [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) vs [9] Naim Alex (SHT)
Match 2: [6] Mindy Waterford (KHD) vs Joe Katsi (TJU)
Match 5 (Eve): [20] Theresa Waterford (KHD) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)

Court 5
Match 1: Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM) vs [12] Shinji Makauchi/Felipe de la Rosa (TJU)

Court 6
Match 1: [22] Alexandra Barna/Ralph Henschel (GGY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

Court 7
Match 2: [17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) vs [16] Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)

[Kohnhead]

Theresa Waterford advances to take on a surprising foe

Theresa Waterford (KHD)          7   6   4   6
Audri Manford (SKH)              6   2   6   3

Taking on Audri Manford from wonderful South Kohnhead, in a pretty close 4 set win. The first set could have gone either way but Theresa won in a tiebreaker and played extremely well in the second set to go up 2-0. Manford wouldn't go down without a fight though and made it two sets to one but Waterford ended it in the fourth. On the second best court in Court 2, she will be taking on Valentina Spetsova from TJUN-ia of course. With her sister battling Joe Katsi, Theresa will take on the 13 in the tournament from our rivals in TJUN-ia. You cannot make this stuff up, as these two will do battle in the round of 32.

Rodrick Uppatin (KHD)            3   3   7   5
Naim Alex (SHT)                  6   6   5   7

Uppatin's run will end at the hands of Naim Alex from Sharktail. Alex is ranked 6th in the tournament and while Uppatin fought hard, his skill level just didn't match Alex's. He will next appear at the Salvador Hills Open in The Grearish Union which is the first of the grass season and a tier 2 tournament.

Eka Putrawan/Dwi Ratmadi (PCU)                      2   2
Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)                6   6

In their first match of the tournament, Dovatin, and Turnface easily dispatched of Putrawan and Ratmadi from Permectuan. Both sets showed how far these two have come, and as the 28th best duo in the tournament their next match will be against Adelinde Günther and Lucas Magnier from Reucen which will take place on the lowly court 7.

Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD)                  6   6
Dariq Ishaqtar/Nur Irin-Amirana (NAZ)               1   0

Talk about easily dispatching an opponent, as Ho and Kohnface easily dominated Ishaqtar and Irin-Amirana holding them to just one game win in a two set dominant performance. The two from North Alezia just looked as if they were on a much lower level of skill than the Kohnhead, Electrum pairing who are trying to settle the doubt after a poor performance at Mattijana. Next up they will take on Jasmina Soflik and Sofia Loranovic from Mattijana on court 6 in a match in which they are favored a good amount.

[Mattijana]

Intense Heat Stalls Lisicki Run in Hamilton

MFO SPORT

Jasmina Dulic, MFO Tennis Correspondent

World number one Dominika Lisicki called the suspension of play at the Hamilton International "unfortunate but necessary" after 44 degree heat wiped out the entire day's play in Electrum. The 28 year-old did however praise efforts by the tournament organisers to immediately refund tickets and extend the tournament by a day, rather than squeezing outstanding games into the remaining schedule.
Lisicki was due to play in-form wildcard Carlos Thirdspade in round 3 of the tournament, a game that would have been played in the air-conditioned conditions of the cauldron and which probably could have gone ahead despite the conditions outside. She said however that the decision to also suspend play on the indoor courts "created a level playing field" for players who otherwise would have had an extra day off to prepare for the fourth round of the competition, despite obvious disappointment for showcourt ticket holders.

Mattijanan number 2 Mattias Burges also had his game against qualifier Lara Navarro pushed back a day despite it also being scheduled for the tinderbox venue of court 3. The 15th seed has enjoyed a solid run so far and will play Lisicki in an eagerly anticipated encounter should both matches go according to rank. After a disappointing second round defeat on the fast hard courts of the Electrum Open, he will be keen to secure a performance worthy of the seeding he earned with strong performances in Steinigestrasse and Beconailles.

Two players who will be grateful for the respite are the doubles team of Tamara Hucsak and Dominik Lintner, due to take on the tricky duo of Jeff Rogers and Martha McNeil from the Grearish Union on the uncovered court 4. The two made light work of Juan and Niken Subdula from Northwest Kalactin in hot conditions for their round 2 match, but Lintner said after the match that had the match gone to a third set, he would have struggled. Meanwhile Jasmina Soflik, who was forced to a third set with partner Sofia Loranovic called the tournament's measures to mitigate the high temperatures "pointless".
The ELTA put into place cool boxes and pipes in order to prevent overheating during changeovers, but Soflik said that they "failed to even play catchup" against the conditions and also that she felt "light-headed" at a number of points during and after the match, which the Mattijanan number 4 team eventually won.

Home player Pelissa Giannopoulos did collapse after her gruelling loss to Maria Sophia Lubis, requiring medical attention. The incident marred what was otherwise a successful day for the Electrumite team as they won all their other matches, but adds further fuel to the fire for those saying that the tournament should be moved to another venue within Electrum or abroad, with the NasinalTennisZentrum in Burges a contender to take over the rights to the clay slam. Another player to suffer was number 2 seed Dewa Putu Adrian Putra, who was beaten by Carmichael Brown in a five-set encounter that looked tiring just to watch. The result strengthens Lisicki's already tight hold on the world number one spot, which she was almost guaranteed to hold into the grass swing before the tournament anyway.

Conditions are forecast to be cooler for the next few days as play gets back underway for the third round of both the singles and doubles tournaments, but it's unclear as to whether the cool snap will last until the end of the tournament. We may be seeing more scenes like those over the last two days before the tournament is out, putting considerable pressure on the NSTT and ELTA to decide the Hamilton International's future.

[Britonisea]

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LIZZY QUEHALL RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AS HELLISH TEMPERATURES HALTS HAMILTON INTERNATIONAL RO.3, HER OLYMPIC JOURNEY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY

by Lina Ajax

As temperatures soar to a centigrade no Briton has ever felt whilst at home in Electrum, it has been confirmed that 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, Elizabeth Quehall has ben rushed to a hospital in Electrum.

While temperatures in Britonisea can get hot, never has any part of the country touched 40C and so for many Britons, they have never experienced the scorching temperatures that you'd find in Electrum. It seems as though Elizabeth Quehall has fallen victim to the hellish temperatures of Electrum as she was admitted into hospital not too long after the last match that she had, which saw her lose to Lara Navarro of Aqual, despite initially winning the first set. It came as a shock when Elizabeth started to lose the game in what was expected to be a rather easy match for her to win. Winning the first set 6-4, it looked as though she was in good stead to qualify to the next round. By the time the second and the third set swung by, Lara was the one who took the lead, with Elizabeth now having to work much harder to make the match hers. Though, as the match continued into the fourth, both commentators from Aqual and Britonisea noted that Elizabeth had started to see that she was looking much more fatigued than how she was at the start of the match. Peter P Larry, a former ATP tennis player who commentated this match specifically said that "it is unlike her [Elizabeth] to be this fatigued, and quite honestly, I am rather worried about her" when Lara managed to steal yet another break point in the fourth set, causing Elizabeth's departure from the Hamilton International to look rather inevitable. Red-faced, she gave Lara a flimsy handshake at the end of the match before being barely able to shake the umpires hand. People on twitter commented that Elizabeth wasn't her usual happy self as she walked off the court, getting a ball boy to help bring to the changing room. Elizabeth had been playing on the courts of Electrum for hours and hours; even in her other matches before her clash with Lara Navarro, and so it seemed as though she may not have been in the best of shape to play her RO.64 match. With the Britonish Olympic squad for the 14th Olympiad expected to be announced any time during the upcoming week - which we will definitely cover here on BVC - many have wondered whether Elizabeth will be able to make it to Liventia/Banija, or whether she will have to kiss the dream of finally getting her long awaited Olympic gold medal after her crushing defeat in the Final back in 2016.

Why the Hamilton International during this hot period?

Elizabeth Quehall was rushed to hospital a few hours after her match against Lara Navarro after complaining about a headache that "just didn't go away". She wasn't a fan of taking any drugs whatsoever to reduce aches and pains as she wanted to prove herself to be a completely clean athlete - a sentiment all Britonish athletes, no matter the sport, have. Elizabeth's partner noted that eventhough she was trying to cooling herself down after the match, she still felt hot and was agitated right until the moment she suddenly collapsed in the journey to her residence, where she was expected to stay for a few days before heading back to Britonisea in time for the National Brito Day celebrations which happens in 9 days time. "She blacked out, but quickly regained consciousness", said her coach when speaking to the worried Britonish Press who lined the private hospital Elizabeth was getting treated at. The coach went on to say, "she is an exceptionially healthy and strong woman, and so her blacking out was an issue we simply couldn't ignore." While the exact reason as to why she collapse not being known, it can be assumed it was because of the heat.

Lacey Turner, a former Britonish tennis player had took to twitter, trying to engage in conversation with the Britonish Tennis Association, asking questions as to why the Association didn't do more to protect players from experiencing fatigue, with Lacey Turner suggesting that more could have been done to challenge the Hamilton International from taking place whilst the country experiences unbearable temperatures. The Britonish Tennis Association responded to Lacey Turner's rant on twitter, which gained tens of thousands of likes and retweets by saying;

'The Britonish Tennis Association does its utmost to make sure to take into account the welfare of all players, especially and most cruicially to our own players. We will be keeping in close contact with Elizabeth Quehall's team and will provide everyone with details as they emerge. We have worked closely with those at the Association in Electrum to ensure that everyone is happy, despite the temperatures.'

This reply seemed to leave Lacey Turner unsatisfied, saying that the Tennis Association gave her a generic response picked from the catalogue of phrases. Lacey has hit out at the organisers of the Hamilton International for not doing more to stop "tennis players falling by the wayside". While the organisers of the Hamilton International are yet to respond, it has left many wondering what tennis players have to go through to try to get to the finals in conditions such as these. Lacey Turner has asked for more tennis players to speak up about the situation.

As previously mentioned, the Hamilton International has taken a day off but we will see more tennis action tomorrow as Ricardo Toli, Leo Garry and Jason Gordon keep the Britonish flame burning. Will the nation receive its first singles tennis win for the first time in years?

[Eraman]

CHAPTER 14
QUESTIONS OVER BATERA

The hope of the entire nation was put on the shoulder of Batera Siwara. And as expected, he led the way for Eramanian tennis players to the second round as he beat Penny Bell-Watson easily in a straight-set, 6-0, 6-1, 7-6. The only other player that managed to booked a place in the next round is Sekar Laut who beat Taylor Bates in a tough 5-sets match.

The other 3 players from Eraman in the first round, Jimi Rusman, Hemat Darwisa and Putri Pasirpura Mekar Laut had to accept their fate as they lost to Kendra Jackson, Dariq Ishtaqtar and Armin Miksa respectively.

Batera Siwara opponent in the second round was Bartholomew Pole from Kohnhead. On paper, Batera was the favourite to win the match but the wildcard from Kohnhead managed to pull an upset by winning the thrilling 5-sets match, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and 3-6.

Losing very early in the Grand Slam led to questions over Batera Siwara's real ability. Is he just lucky? Is he even a good player? With the end of the clay court season, Batera Siwara have to proved himself again in the coming grass court season, something that he is more used to back home in Pasirpura Tennis Club.

To make things worse, Putri Pasirpura Sekar Laut also lost her match against fellow Melayuan, Carlos Thirdspade from Springmont in another thrilling 5-sets match which leaves Eraman with no Singles left in the Hamilton International.

[Diarcesia]

A Hard-Fought Win On the Clay Court

The lone Diarcesian in the Hamilton Grand Slam singles, Thedebrand Sanctiing, kept his spot in the tournament after a victory against Carla Tormo of Aqual.

There are a lot of fans at home that will be hoping that his tier-one effort will bring a second NSTT trophy for Diarcesia in several years. With that said, he has some things to work on. "It's okay, I understand", Thedebrand reassured his new fans. "I just need to focus on my game."

Would Thedebrand be the next big thing in Diarcesian tennis? He was already in the gym when the call came through to his phone for a quick interview prior to his win against Carla. "It was a long and exciting tournament, but it was also pretty exhausting", Thedebrand said before the match. "I have a great run so far, so I would be glad if somehow I reach the finals."

He was asked how he felt about Carla Tormo and how he could affect her career. "It's not up to me to change anyone else's career", Thedebrand said. "I've already made the choice to move on and focus on my game. I have faith in what I do and what I've already done. It's not up for anyone to tell someone else what to do. It's up to us, as people, to do the right thing."

In the aftermath of the game, the crowd of supporters seemed to enjoy the sight of Thedebrand running around the court and cheering. The atmosphere was electric, and Thedebrand even felt a little warm coming to the event. There were several photographers that were set up for the occasion.

His next match will be against Britonisea's 11^th-ranked Leo Garry in the evening of Day Five.

[Sharktail]

Pincess Karina Trip to Hamilton, Electrum Part 1

Clay court tennis season nearly ended. The last tournament, Hamilton International have already reach Round 3. Many happy and upset memories have been faced by all the profesional Tennis player from all over the world.

Princess Karina finally step in Hamilton International. It has been awhile since her last trip to watch a tennis game. As always her Sister, Princess Alia and her personal maid, Luna come together.

PA:Hey Karina, dont stand on the way. Many people behind.

PK: (Look back) Ah my bad.

PA: Hmm, even this not your forst time outside Sharktail, you still clumsy. You like to daydream on the way right.

PK: No, i not daydream.

PA: Hey, slow down your voice.

PK: hmph..whatever.

Luna: Princesses, the car have arrived. We should leave to hotel now.

PK: Let's go.

PA: Hey slow down. Arrgh this little princess.

Luna: Hehe, she always like that.

PA: How can you stay calm beside her. Everyone sometime turn crazy to watch her.

Luna: I just adapt to her. So i know her a bit mire than everyone.

PA: Hmm, just keep watch her. Let's go before she doing something troublesome.

...Both princess leave the airport and go straight to the hotel. In the car they start a little talk...

PK: Great, now i can enjoy tennis game again.

PA: Hmm, good for you.

PK: Hehe. I have been waiting for this. After i miss whole Mattijana open.

PA: You busy with study that time. I dont want to interrupt your study .

PK: Yes. The study. It was a sudden exam. I shocked too. But now it already over. I can go to watch tennis again.

PA: Just remember always put your study first. You still in process of learning after all. After you finished, what i can say you are free to do what you want.

PK: I cant wait. I want to be more active.

PA: Dont day dreaming, for now you still have long journey. Just face the reality for now. Hahaha.

PK: Auch. Dont hit me sis. Hmm, how long till that time.

PA: Just forget it for now. Now just enjoy your stay here.

PK: It really a nice day. I cant wait to see them play today.

PA: Let go check in first.

First day for Princess Karina here. She reqlly excited to be back here. With some Sharktail player still in the tournament, let hope they can do well.

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Single

[WC] Kim Boi-An (RAJ) vs Haikal Jansen (SHT)

[4] Syamim Kevin (SHT) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)

[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) vs [6] Naim Alex (SHT)

Double
[17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) vs [16] Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)

[North Alezia]

SPORTSNEWS! WE MADE IT THIS FAR? AWESOME!

This might be our best endeavor in any tennis matches in North Alezian history. Some of our players made it to round three, which might sound small, but remember that we're first timers here. But, we wrote "some", not "all". Let's start with that.

Ayu Ratih Kemalasari (PCU) 7 4 6 6
Alif Khadarim (NAZ) 5 6 3 1

First up, we have Khadarim vs Kemalasari. We're just going to say this, but Pemecutan is a really strong tennis counry, with strong players. Khadarim only got the chance of earning one set, only to be almost completely obliterated on the next two rounds. What a country... We'll just write this in, but other than Tennis, if you like music, we're reminding you that we'll be meeting Pemecutan and other countries in the 53rd World Hit Festival in Bovingdon, Britonisea , only on ABA CH2 and many more. Next up!

Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ) 6 2 6 7
Juan Subdula (NWK) 2 6 3 6

Next we have Dariq Ishaqtar making great effort on court (as in tennis)! Juan Subdula played as beautifully and elegantly as Dariq did, but Dariq dominated Subdula over on the 4th set, earning seven games thus winning the entire game,set,match for Dariq. We'll see him later on the 3rd round.
(Next round for Dariq Ishaqtar)
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [WC] Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ)

Alan Sanchez (NWK) 7 6 6 4 2
Irina Elinova (NAZ) 5 7 4 6 6

Last but definitely not the least, we have our Lady Pyaliva of Tennis, Irina Elinova! Another such elegant player played her opponent elegantly, it's so elegant that we need a fifth set after Sanchez and Elinova both earned two sets. On the last moment, Elinova kicked Sanchez out of the competition with a 6 game over two and resulted in another Game,Set, and Match in which we'll see Elinova on the 3rd round.
(Next round for Irina Elinova)
[4] Syamim Kevin (SHT) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)

Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD) 6 6
Dariq Ishaqtar/Nur Irin-Amirana (NAZ) 1 0

However, lastly we have another not-so-stellar news from our doubles team of Ishaqtar- Irin-Amirana. They still have a lot to learn due to their sadly massive loss against a very unique two-country effort of Ho-Kohnface. The opponent for this match almost completely destroyed Ishaqtar- Irin-Amirana's play only giving them one game. We hope that we can see them for the best to come.

That's all for today, and we're concluding that even though we lost two matches, we still got two players to go! Such an impressive record. The Grand Slam Singles still got 16 players on competition... Will we make it into top-8?

Don't miss our broadcast of Hamilton Grandslam only in ABA Channel 1, or press the red button on your ABA interactive set box, or you can watch it through ABA official website's live streaming!

Stay tuned for more SPORTSNEWS! to come!

[Aqual]

Five Aqualian Matches Postponed Due to Hamilton Heat
HAMILTON, Etm.—The extreme temperatures today forced the five Aqualian matches that advanced yesterday to the third round to be postponed until tomorrow, when the forecasts show a cooldown (although still very much so in high heat). Results from all of yesterday's matches and the schedule for tomorrow below.

Armin Miksa (GGY)                6   6   4   4   4
Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)           1   4   6   6   6

Once again in the Hamilton International, Bartolo Sabanero was slow to start this match against Armin Miksa. He looked completely out of place in the first set, putting up a miserable performance with just one game to his name, and his less than satisfactory performance continued into the second set, despite a late rally, dropping that set by six games to four. He finally gained some sort of momentum in the third set when he broke in the crucial seventh game before going on to clinch that set by a single break, 6-4. However, the qualifier from Gergary would not give up readily, and Sabanero had to fight every step of the way to overcome the early two-set deficit, winning the final two sets by the same 6-4 margin. The Aqualia will certainly need to start taking the initiative if he wants to make a deep run in this tournament without burning out; tomorrow will be another test for him as he faces Carmichael Brown, who upset the second seed in Dewa Putu Adrian Putra in a fascinating five-setter. Should the third round match also go to a decider, you can bet on the crowd in Electrum getting particularly fired up for their home player (as happened in Brown's victory yesterday).

Thedebrand Sanctiing (DCS)       7   4   6   2   6
Carla Tormo (AQL)                5   6   4   6   4

Carla Tormo has truly impressed in her singles run already in this tournament, and although she recorded a loss today, it was nevertheless a well-played match. She fought hard throughout, coming back from 1-0 and 2-1 set deficits to equalize in the second and fourth sets (including the most lopsided set of the match from either player in the latter, six games to two), but ultimately lost the final set with the decisive break at 5-4. A combination of somewhat sloppy service games, unforced and forced errors and simply stunning winners from the Diarcesia player led to her exiting the singles draw, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6. However, she will remain in Hamilton tomorrow, competing against Springmont's Jo Royalwood and Bob Lightford in doubles alongside Lara Navarro.

Novita Nurdiansyah/Krisna Wibawa Tantan (FID)       5   2
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)                  7   6

Sabanero had a bit of a slow start to his doubles match opposite Novita Nurdiansyah and Krisna Wibawa Tantan yesterday, as well, being broken early in the first set before eventually storming back late to capture it by seven games to five, with Qualo Tabos carrying the Aqualian team during Sabanero's more temperamental start. However, by the second set, Sabanero and Tabos were truly working in tandem to break twice whilst holding all four of their service games relatively easily. The Aqualias won that set 6-2 over the Filindostan team to advance to the Round of 16 in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2. There they will face Mekar and Sekar Laut of Eraman.

Tomorrow's schedule opens with the Pérez brothers against Odran Rudaski and Sigestan Joshi from Diarcesia at 9:00 A.M. on Court 7, before the midday heat sets in. That will be followed by two 11:00 A.M. matches under the cover of the show courts, with Sabanero's showdown with Carmichael Brown being the first match of the day on The Cauldron while Lara Navarro takes on fifteenth seed Mattias Burges of Mattijana on Court 3. Both of these players will again take to the court later in the evening, with the Tormo/Navarro match being the last on Court 5 and the Sabanero/Tabos match the last on Court 6. We hope you will join us for live updates on our website and a full recap in the print edition of the Toboso Chronicle tomorrow.

[Electrum]

Apologies for the delay. Scoring now.

Tomorrow's forecast: 25C/77F - cloudy day

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Singles Competition - Round 3

Singles Draw - top half
Dominika Lisicki (MTJ)          3   4   6   3
Carlos Thirdspade (SPM)         6   6   4   6

Lara Navarro (AQL)              2   2   4
Mattias Burges (MTJ)            6   6   6

Kim Boi-An (RAJ)                4   6   5
Haikal Jansen (SHT)             6   7   7

Heather Long (AIG)              6   6   6
Danjiella Zovic (NEG)           2   3   4

Mindy Waterford (KHD)           4   3   2
Joe Katsi (TJU)                 6   6   6

Bartholomew Pole (KHD)          7   7   1   7
Gaëlle Sellier (RCN)            6   5   6   5

Ricardo Toli (BRI)              7   3   6   6
Shinji Makauchi (TJU)           6   6   2   3

Jason Gordon (BRI)              4   6   6   6
Janet Riley (ETM)               6   3   3   0

Singles Draw - bottom half
Carmichael Brown (ETM)          6   3   2   2
Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)          1   6   6   6

Theresa Waterford (KHD)         6   3   4   3
Valentina Spetsova (TJU)        2   6   6   6

Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU)     0   3   7   6   6
Ayu Ratih Kemalasari (PCU)      6   6   5   4   3

Jean van de Kloor (TJU)         6   6   6   6   6
Naim Alex (SHT)                 2   7   7   3   3

Andrew Simmons (ETM)            6   7   6
Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ)            4   6   4

Thedebrand Sanctiing (DCS)      6   3   7   3   2
Leo Garry (BRI)                 3   6   5   6   6

Syamim Kevin (SHT)              6   2   3   6
Irina Elinova (NAZ)             2   6   6   7

Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)        6   6   7
Marco Vrient (NEG)              1   2   5

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Doubles Competition - Round 3

Top half
Camille Fournier/Inès Fournier (RCN)            5   6   4
Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY)                7   2   6

Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)                7   3   8
Carla Tormo/Lara Navarro (AQL)                  6   6   6

Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG)               6   6
Evgeny Kondratenko/Oleg Vlasov (WSN)            2   1

Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM)               7   4   6
Shinji Makauchi/Felipe de la Rosa (TJU)         5   6   1

Odran Rudaski/Sigestan Joshi (DCS)              4   6   5
Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)                   6   2   7

Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)       3   6   6
Arthur Leloup/Hildebrant Weisgerber (RCN)       6   3   4

Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY)                  6   6   6
James Williams/Alexandra Helmand (KRY)          7   4   2

Alexandra Barna/Ralph Henschel (GGY)            6   0   7
Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)     3   6   9

Bottom half
Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM)              6   7
Justin White/Joe Fernández (NWK)                3   6

Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)                       6   6   6
Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT)               7   4   3

Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG)                4   6   6
Jeremy Metagne/Elizabeth Corbisieri (KRY)       6   4   3

Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)                  7   6
Leanne Stewart/Anthony Kawasaki (ETM)           6   0

Adelinde Günther/Lucas Magnier (RCN)            5   3
Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)            7   6

Jack Ho/Bradley Kohnface (ETM/KHD)              6   7   3
Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)            7   6   6

Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ)             5   6   6
Jeff Rogers/Martha McNeil (GRU)                 7   0   3

Mekar Laut/Sekar Laut (ERM)                     3   7   6
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)              6   6   8

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Singles Competition - Round 4

[WC] Carlos Thirdspade (SPM) vs [15] Mattias Burges (MTJ)
Haikal Jansen (SHT) vs [WC] Heather Long (AIG)
Joe Katsi (TJU) vs Bartholomew Pole (KHD)
[3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) vs Jason Gordon (BRI)
[27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)
[5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [11] Leo Garry (BRI)
[Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ) vs [17] Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)

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Doubles Competition - Round 4

[26] Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY) vs Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)
Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG) vs Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM)
[Q] Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL) vs [18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)
[3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)
[5] Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG) vs [21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)
[28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD) vs Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)
[4] Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)

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Order of Play - Day 6
Play will be undercover for the three show courts and will have day sessions starting at 11am with evening sessions starting at 7pm. All other courts also start at 11am.

The Cauldron
Day session
[27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)
[5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)
[3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) vs Jason Gordon (BRI)
Evening session
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [11] Leo Garry (BRI)
[WC] Carlos Thirdspade (SPM) vs [15] Mattias Burges (MTJ)

Court 2
Day session
[Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ) vs [17] Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)
Haikal Jansen (SHT) vs [WC] Heather Long (AIG)
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)
Evening session
Joe Katsi (TJU) vs Bartholomew Pole (KHD)
[3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

Court 3
[Q] Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL) vs [18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)
[5] Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG) vs [21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)
After suitable rest
[4] Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)

Court 4
Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG) vs Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM)
[28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD) vs Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)
[26] Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY) vs Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)

[TJUN-ia]

After the hellish sunburned Electrum, it gave enough reprieve to allow play today at the Hamilton International. A dry, windy day of 39C/102F was expected, but it was also expected that it cools down considerably towards the evening games. What wasn't expected was what was to come in the day's play: with many upsets across both competitions including both No.1 falling to unexpected foes. The TJUN-ian press dubbed this day "Chaos Day", but how well we fare amongst this madness?

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SINGLES - Round 3
The Cauldron
We begin with the main event at The Cauldron, as Shinji Makauchi looked to add to the chaos of the day. He was taking on Ricardo Toli, the 3rd seed from Britonisea and finalist at the last Grand Slam. Everyone at the beginning of the day thought that this would be easy pickings for Toli but with the chaos that unfolded beforehand (especially on Court 2 ), no one really knew if Margret would cause more chaos before the night was done.

The first set was a fierce contest as both Toli and Makauchi duelled as if their lives depended on the result. It ended up going to a tiebreaker that might as well been a drinks break for everyone in the stadium, it lasted that long. But in the end, Toli just about got the edge of it to take it 12-10. But Samurai Shinji wasn't going to go down fighting in what could be his final match on clay, so he pressed Toli to the limit and managed to take Set 2 6-3. But Toli knew what he was doing, as you would expect from the 3rd seed in the entire tournament, and so he shook off the pressure and finally managed to cross the winning line.

Samurai Shinji may have fallen today, but he has certainly played his best tournament on the Clay courts of Hamilton. He is very close to the Big 2 as of now, but can he finally breakthrough on Grass? I guess there is only one way to find out...

[3] Ricardo Toli (BRI) bt Shinji Makauchi (7-6(12-10), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3)

Court 2
Now onto the madness that was Court 2 today. The other 3 TJUN-ian singles entrants were all in action here, so you can understand why the TJUN-ian networks put a camera feed on this court for the entire day. The first match on the court involved Jean van de Kloor, the 18th seed, as he took on Naim Alex, the 9th seed from Sharktail.

De Kloor of Toropo took set 1 with ease and all looked well, until Alex announced his arrival in some style. Back-to-back tiebrakers won tightly by the 9th seed and the usually calm Jean looked infuriated with himself by the time set 3 came to a close. Many were wondering if de Kloor had lost his mojo and was sinking into an insurmountable position. But he had other ideas. He decided to use his aggression to his advantage and took the final 2 sets with some ease. Alex couldn't mount an effective response and the upset, on paper, was complete.

It wasn't easy, but Jean van de Kloor has sneaked into the Round of 32 again. His opponent tomorrow will not by easy either - 5th seed Ngurah Putra Muliawan of Pemecutan awaits at the Cauldron.

[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) bt [9] Naim Alex (SHT) (6-2, 6-7(6-8), 6-7(10-12), 6-3, 6-3)

Right after that match, we had round 1 of "TJUN-ia vs the Waterfords". The luck of the draw meant that TJUN-ia had to try and take down both of Kohnhead's finest on the same day, even though they have been a thorn in TJUN-ia's side ever since they turned up to the NSTT at the Kinterten. Round one involved 6th seeded Mindy, as she took on Joe Katsi - who was on his best performance in the NSTT no matter how today went.

The first set was competitive, but The Kat of Horizon prevailed 6-4. Many thought though that Mindy would come back into the match. Katsi won the 2nd 6-3 and now the alarm bells were starting to ring for our counterparts in Kohnhead. Is she done? Can she come back? Turns out thatshe was done as Katsi won the 3rd set 6-2.

Joe Katsi had not only beaten Mindy Waterford, he slaped her ability to play right out of her. You don't usually see unranked players pull of a straight-sets win over a Top 10 player but happy-go-lucky Katsi did that and it looked like a breeze. When he did the post-match handshakes he had the targets look on his face, half-shock and half-bemusemant, as he himself couldn't believe had done. Joe Katsi is in the final 32 and he will continue the rivalry with Kohnhead tomorrow when he plays Bartholomew Pole of all people! TJUN-ia vs Kohnhead heads to another game...

Joe Katsi (TJU) bt [6] Mindy Waterford (KHD) (6-4, 6-3, 6-2)

As for Round 2, we had to wait until the evening before it can begin. It was to big a big time match-up as 20th seed Theresa took on 13th seed Valentina Spetsova. Scarlet was the favourite on paper heading into this match-up but with the history the Waterford name has against TJUN-ian players of all abilities, no quarter had to be given.

Unlike her sister, Theresa started her game on top as she crused to winning the first set 6-2. Now this was more like it from the Waterford name. But then history repeated itself as Scarlet took the game to Theresa and brought her down. The 3rd set was a bit iffy but other than that, this match belonged to Scarlet.

The Waterfords had been thorns in TJUN-ia's side for so long but on this day we not only beat them, but beat them with ease. It goes to show just how good TJUN-ian tennis has become with all this...winning. Is a tennis player going to win TJUN-ia's first ever title? Maybe. Scarlet will play before de Kloor at the Cauldren tomorrow as she takes on Bartolo Sabanero, the in-form 27th seed from Aqual.

[13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU) bt [20] Theresa Waterford (KHD) (2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3)

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DOUBLES - Round 3
Court 5
Doubles play started early in the day as to avoid much of the blairing sun so it was 9 am when Shinji and Felipe de la Rosa took on Batera Siwara and Hemat Darwisa of Eraman. The first set was tight as both teams battled both each other and their tiredness but in the end, the Eramanians won the set 7-5. As the 12th seeds, The Samurai and The Mtador weren't going to take that lightly, so they took Set 2 6-4. But then it all fell apart and fatigue set in for the TJUN-ian pairing and our opponents waltzed into Round 4 with ease. Not the way we intended things to go but you can't win them all. Advantage goes to Scarlet and The Cowboy.

Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM) bt [12] Shinji Makauchi/Felipe de la Rosa (TJU) (7-5, 4-6, 6-1)

Court 6
Speakng of Scarlet and The Cowboy of Austin McDanielson, they were in action just a court down when they took on the 22nd seeds of Alexandra Barna and Ralph Henschel of Gergary. The 13th seeds looked to be in trouble early on as their opponents took the first set 603, but then quickly silenced those concerns by shutting out the Gergarians in Set 2. Set 3 was a decider for the ages, as both teams refused to back down. We ended up going to tiebreaker mode but in the end, the TJUN-ians survived 9-7. Not the way we wanted to win but the "Austina" stans will take it anyway. They will play last on Court 2 tomorrow when they take on the 3rd seeds in the tournament - Owen Simmons and Perry Walsh of Krytenia.

[13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU) bt [22] Alexandra Barna/Ralph Henschel (GGY) (3-6, 6-0, 9-7)

Court 7
Once the sun finally called down and the flood light came now, the Li Bo Twins could finally play on Court 7. Their opponents were Izaat Manson and George Fakhrul of Sharktail, the 16th seeds. Nothing separated these taesm heading into this match-up, so it was anyone's guess on who would come on top. The first set went to a close tiebreaker, but Sharktail's finest prevailed 10-8. But the twins didn't want to end their run this way so they fought back with passion and with energy to pull off the reverse sweep. The Li Bo twins are looking like contenders for TJUN-ian Top 2 as they will play on Court 2 tomorrow against the hardest opponents you can get - the 2nd seeds from Electrum, Sonya Gredello and Rosa Levinsky. The twins must play the former No.1 pairing on their home court...

[17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU) bt [16] Izzat Manson/George Fakhrul (SHT) (6-7(8-10), 6-4, 6-3)

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TOMORROW'S MATCHES (Coverage Starts at 10:00 am TST)
Weather: 25C/77F - cloudy day
The Cauldron
Match 1: [27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova (TJU)
Match 2: [5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)

Court 2
Match 3: [2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)
Match 4 (Eve): Joe Katsi (TJU) vs Bartholomew Pole (KHD)
Match 5 (Eve): [3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

[North Alezia]

SPORTSNEWS! MILLIONS OF ALEZIANS SURPRISED AT NORTH ALEZIAN PLAYER ADVANCING!

Hello and welcome to another ABASportsnews! we got a pretty beautiful surprise for you today. We saw two of our players play on the 3rd Round of the Hamilton Grand Slam, and Alezians watching the match on ABA CH1 are really surprised at the outcome!

Andrew Simmons (ETM) 6 7 6
Dariq Ishaqtar (NAZ) 4 6 4

First up, we have a not too stellar fight put up by Dariq Ishaqtar against Andrew Simmons. Andrew earned all 3 games with only an additional game on the 2nd set. Other than that, Dariq is still doing pretty well, but not well enough to bring him to the second round. Well, the surprise you're waiting for is on the next match. If you didn't watch it on TV or the internet, you missed out!

Syamim Kevin (SHT) 6 2 3 6
Irina Elinova (NAZ) 2 6 6 7

IRINA ELINOVA MADE IT THROUGH! Congratulations for her. We can hear many of North Alezian Tennis Fans getting excited to see their player on top 8! This could immensly raise her ranks. What a Lady.... She really showed her best against Syamim Kevin. The first set might not be well for Lady Pyaliva, but Elinova almost completely obliterated Kevin on the next two sets. Kevin decided to fight back so hard that a 7th game is needed on the last set. But yet again, Irina Elinova put her elegance into play and almost completely won the match. We'll see her game for more matches to come. Looking at her, she is definitely going to be put in the permanent National Team.

next match for Irina Elinova:
[Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ) vs [17] Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)

North Alezians around the country can't wait for the next match for Lady Pyaliva of Tennis. Will our only player standing keeps on playing elegant on her tennis play? Or will she lose on the next match? We know you can't wait because we also can't!

Don't miss our broadcast of Hamilton Grandslam only in ABA Channel 1, or press the red button on your ABA interactive set box, or you can watch it through ABA official website's live streaming!

Stay tuned for more SPORTSNEWS! to come!

[The Andromeda Island Group]

Round of 32
Hamilton International

Court 3
4:55 pm

Heather Long walked out of the shower in her locker room after having defeated 10th seeded Danjiella Zovic of New Engellon in straight sets. She walks over to put on a white sun dress so she can get walk back to the hotel. She knows that she will face Haikal Jensen tomorrow morning. Long found out about Jensen’s win just after her second set.

Long checked her iPhone. Aside from the usual congratulations, there was a text from Catherine James telling Long to meet her outside of Court three once she was dressed.

5:00 pm

Long met with James and Andromedan tennis players Roosevelt Todd and Felicia Shaw. Todd and Shaw are likely to play in the International Tour after Hamilton. James talked with Long as they walked toward around the complex toward the Cauldron.

“I know you go to ‘that place’ when you play, but you’ll want to see this,” James said, confidently. “You know Dominika Lizicki?”

“The #1 player in the World. I’ve heard of her.”

“She down two sets. We’re going to see what could be a serious upset.”

Long shook her head. “Catherine, this is the Round of 32 at a Grand Slam event. Rankings don’t mean much at this level.”

“So, you’re not interested?”

“I’m going to my room to rest up for my next match.”

“Okay!”

Long thought for a second.

“Who’s she playing, Kate?”

“Carlos Thirdspade.”

“She’s playing a porn star?”

“That’s Carlos Danger.”

Long laughed for a few seconds.

“Tell you what, I’ll watch it on tape delay in my room, so don’t tell me who won.”

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Court #4
11:00 pm

Fats Sullivan, Brianna van Pelt, Mayfield Brown and Megan Sinclair are in a group, talking about what they did that afternoon.

“You’d be surprised at some of the things you can do here if you have enough money,” Sullivan said.

“Like what, Fats?” John B. Galt doesn’t believe much of what Fats Sullivan says.

“Well, Brianna wanted to stop at this little chapel. Apparently they have quickie marriages there in the middle of the night.”

“And…”

“Not quite. There will be no cheap pink pleather couches at our wedding. We’re getting married in a proper ceremony in Nassau.”

“See. THIS is exactly what I’m talking about,” Catherine James said. She held her hand up, shushing her companions.

James now understands why Heather Long went back to her hotel room that morning. It’s so difficult to maintain focus with so much going on.

“You see Janelle and Sarah Lee out there?”

Hood and Vale are in the process of winning their third straight match. They have dispatched the 30th-seeded team of Kondratenko & Vlasov.

“They’ve got this tunnel vision where the game is the only thing that matters right now.”

Vale and Hood just broke their opponents for the second time, leading 4-1 in what looks like the concluding set.

“Aren’t they married,” Sullivan asked.

“They’re two women,” Galt said matter-of-factly. “They can’t be married.”

“They certainly act married,” Sinclair said.

“No, they don’t,” Galt retorted. “They hardly ever argue."

“You know, Todd and Vicki are married,” Mayfield Brown added.

“So are Ramsey and Kelly,” Megan added.

“Look, personally, I don’t care. Two people can do what they want. But my church says that marriage is between a man and a woman.”

“And when was the last time you were in church, John Galt?”

“When did this become about me all of a sudden?”

Galt smiles. This group may not be made up of the best tennis players, but they may arguably be some of the funniest.

[Aqual]

Four Aqualias Carry On in Hamilton
HAMILTON, Etm.—Despite today being quite cooler than the past two days, things really heated up in Hamilton for the remaining Aqualias playing in the third round of both singles and doubles, with only four Aqualian players in total advancing to the next round of play. Results and schedule below.

Lara Navarro (AQL)              2   2   4
Mattias Burges (MTJ)            6   6   6

It was never going to be easy for Lara Navarro to topple the fifteenth seed, Mattias Burges, here in Hamilton, and today's match certainly proved that. Although Navarro played well from the baseline, her defensive strategy just simply didn't cut it against the sheer force which the Mattijana player's racquet commands. The first two sets went easily by the same 6-2 margin, but a slight dip in Burges' level of play compounded with some stellar shots from Navarro led to a much tighter third set which the Aqualia dropped narrowly, 6-4. However, progressing this far in her first singles tournament internationally of the year is a great testament to her skills, and we look forward to seeing more of her on the singles side later this year and into the future.

Carmichael Brown (ETM)          6   3   2   2
Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)          1   6   6   6

Both of the players taking part in the first match of the day in The Cauldron had the round before come back to win their respective matches in thrilling five-setters, with Sabanero's opponent, Carmichael Brown, having ousted the second seed in the tournament. In what seems like his recent signature, Sabanero again opened slowly, dropping the first set by a measly 6-1 margin. The fire inside him didn't ignite until he dropped his opening service game in the second set, as well, as he succeeded to break two of his Electrumite opponent's service games shortly thereafter, enough to propel him to a 6-3 second set victory. This momentum, coupled also with Sabanero's excellent shotmaking and perhaps a bit of fatigue from Brown led to decisive wins in the third and fourth sets, with each won by the Aqualia by six games to two. The day off due to extreme heat seemed to help Sabanero recover from both of his long matches in the two previous rounds, as he showed little signs of wearing down today, which will hopefully bode well for the future in this tournament. He takes on thirteenth seed Valentina Spetsova of TJUN-ia in the Round of 16 tomorrow.

Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)                7   3   8
Carla Tormo/Lara Navarro (AQL)                  6   6   6

With both Carla Tormo and Lara Navarro having just exited the singles draw before this match, both were in a mix of emotions: on the one hand, they were obviously disappointed in their respective losses, but on the other hand, they were now more inspired than ever to go further in the doubles tournament. As such, they burst onto the scoreboard early, but got ahead of themselves in the first set, with Jo Royalwood and Bob Lightford ultimately breaking back late to force the tiebreaker. There, the Aqualian team seemed nervous (and understandably so considering their position in the tournament), committing just a few too many errors to come out on top; the Springmont team instead claimed the set 7-6(4).

Once again, however, this impassioned the Aqualias to give it that little bit extra in the second set, and they were markedly more aggressive from all sides of the court. Rather than defending their serves from attack, which is often the norm on clay, they reinforced it with a two-pronged penetrating attack of their own, from the baseline and the net. This therefore forced the pressure onto Royalwood and Lightford to hold serve, which was eventually too much of a burden when up against the Aqualian duo's relentless shots. Tormo and Navarro took the second set by six games to three.

The deciding set, then, was truly a fight not only for the point-to-point or game-to-game momentum, nor even to stay in the match, but to stay in the tournament at large. As such, there was virtually no end to the incredible back-and-forth between the two dueling teams, with a total of nine breaks of serve in the set, a clear departure from both the first and second sets. It was easily one of the most entertaining and honestly spellbinding sets of the season so far, but unfortunately, as with all things, it had to come to an end sooner or later, and, again unfortunately for the Aqualias both on the court and those off the court but eagerly watching, it came to an end in favor of the Springmont team, who won on their fifth match point for 8-6 in the final set (after saving two of the Aqualian team's). Nevertheless a terrific match from the two Aqualias, and they will no doubt continue to do well and get ever better in the rest of the season.

Odran Rudaski/Sigestan Joshi (DCS)              4   6   5
Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)                   6   2   7

The Pérez brothers have already started to make some waves in the tennis world back home in Aqual, and they will certainly do so (and likely to an even greater extent) with their win today over Odran Rudaski and Sigestan Joshi. The two teenagers' chief strength is not extremely powerful shots, or especially strong serves or returns, or complementary games, but rather their incredible teamwork; where other doubles teams fall apart due to miscommunication or fail to return a shot down the middle of the court, the Pérez brothers seem to have an almost psychic ability to work cohesively together. They demonstrated this time after time throughout the first set, when, even faced with terrific shots or seemingly impossible angles from their Diarcesian opponents, they somehow managed to provide an answer, holding the set on serve until they finally broke to win the set 6-4.

However, after the change of ends, Rudaski and Joshi came back with a vengeance, sweeping the first four games before the Aqualias finally managed to get on the board; however, by then it was too little, too late, as the team from Diarcesia easily won the second set with a double break, 6-2.

With the match going to a decider, the stakes could not be higher. Even then, the Pérez brothers seemed to maintain a sense of calm cohesion, despite both Jordi and Rubén each dropping one of their service games at some point in the final set. However, they managed not to fall behind by instead trading breaks wherever the Diarcesians won one of theirs, and the final game of the match proved to be a hotly contested one, with the Aqualias seeking to break quickly at 30-40 before the serving team managed to save that and three other match points. Finally, after the seventh deuce of the game, a return winner off Jordi's racquet down the line gave them the win, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. They will face the eighteenth-seeded team of Spencer Kohnhead and Electrum's own Marcus Hathwar as the only remaining qualifiers in the doubles Round of 16.

Mekar Laut/Sekar Laut (ERM)                     3   7   6
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)              6   6   8

Fifteenth seeds Bartolo Sabanero and Qualo Tabos faced an unexpectedly strong challenge from Eraman's Mekar Laut and Sekar Laut today, which only goes to prove that you should never underestimate an opponent. Although it seemed like smooth sailing for the top-ranked doubles team from Aqual, with a routine 6-3 first set win and an early break in the second, the Eraman team refused to exit the Hamilton International without a fight, and they brought it late in that set, forcing before ultimately winning a tight tiebreaker by 9-7 before taking the early lead in the final set. However, Sabanero and Tabos also refused to completely squander the lead they had had more than an hour before, and they regained the upper hand finally by breaking for 7-6 and consolidating to eke out a victory to advance to the Round of 16, 6-3, 6(7)-7, 8-6. There were many lessons to be gleaned from this match, not the least of which include never considering yourself (or your opponent) to be too far behind to win and to always capitalize on your biggest opportunities (the Aqualias could have won in the second set if they had capitalized on their first match point, and the Eraman players similarly could have won themselves in the final set had they capitalized, as well). Sabanero and Tabos will certainly face another strong challenge from the fourth seeds from Mattijana, Tamara Hucsak and Dominik Lintner, as they compete for a spot in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

Bartolo Sabanoro, the lone Aqualian singles player still in the draw, will again open the day's play on The Cauldron at 11:00 A.M., before his doubles match alongside Qualo Tabos later in the day after suitable rest. Jordi and Rubén Pérez will begin the Court 3 matches at the same time of Sabanero's singles match, 11:00 A.M. We hope you will continue to check our website for live updates and the print edition of the Toboso Chronicle for a full recap of tomorrow's results.

[Electrum]

Cutoff.

Forecast for tomorrow: Light rain - all matches will be under the roof - 20C / 68F

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Singles Competition - Round 4

Carlos Thirdspade (SPM)         2   4   7   2
Mattias Burges (MTJ)            6   6   6   6

Haikal Jansen (SHT)             4   2   7   4
Heather Long (AIG)              6   6   5   6

Joe Katsi (TJU)                 7   4   2   2
Bartholomew Pole (KHD)          5   6   6   6

Ricardo Toli (BRI)              6   3   5   1
Jason Gordon (BRI)              4   6   7   6

Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)          7   3   6   7
Valentina Spetsova (TJU)        5   6   2   5

Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU)     2   1   6   6   2
Jean van de Kloor (TJU)         6   6   4   3   6

Andrew Simmons (ETM)            4   6   6   6
Leo Garry (BRI)                 6   1   1   4

Irina Elinova (NAZ)             6   7   3   6
Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU)        4   5   6   3

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Doubles Competition - Round 4

Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY)                2   3
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)                6   6

Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG)               6   6
Batera Siwara/Hemat Darwisa (ERM)               2   4

Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)                   2   1
Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)       6   6

Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY)                  7   5   6
Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)     6   7   8

Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM)              6   6
Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (TJU)                       2   2

Elke Hartung/Karina Gerard (NEG)                4   3
Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)                  6   6

Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)            7   6
Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)            5   2

Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ)             6   1
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)              7   6

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Singles Competition - Quarterfinals
[15] Mattias Burges (MTJ) vs [WC] Heather Long (AIG)
Bartholomew Pole (KHD) vs Jason Gordon (BRI)
[27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)

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Doubles Competition - Quarterfinals
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM) vs Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG)
[18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)
[28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)

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Order of Play - Day 7
Afternoon session will start at 1pm, night sessions start at 7pm.

The Cauldron
Afternoon session
[15] Mattias Burges (MTJ) vs [WC] Heather Long (AIG)
Bartholomew Pole (KHD) vs Jason Gordon (BRI)
Night session
[27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)

Court 2
Afternoon session
[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) vs [21] Marko Juvan/Rikard Kampl (MTJ)
[28] Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD) vs [15] Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)
Night session
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM) vs Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG)
[18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

[The Andromeda Island Group]

Andromeda Sports Connection
Tennis Roundup
Hamilton International

Dave Bishop and Lucius Webb had a relatively easy day. There were only two matches involving Andromedans. Bishop covered the early doubles match while Webb covered Heather Long’s match on Court 2.

The broadcast began with Bishop in front of the Cauldron yesterday evening.

BISHOP: The Andromeda Islands are now represented by three tennis players who have well exceeded the expectations of tennis experts throughout the NS Universe. Today’s action began early on Court 4.

Cut to the Hood/Vale match.

BISHOP: Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale made an early statement this morning against the Eraman duo of Batera Siwara & Hemat Darwisa. They won the first four games of the set and won the first set in just over a half an hour.

BISHOP: In case you’re wondering, Hood and Vale had also won one of the late matches last night, and didn’t have much of a rest between matches. I talked with Hood and Vale after the match.

Cut to interview.

VALE: First of all, I want to acknowledge everyone who has made it this far here in Hamilton. We can all attest that this tournament, here, isn’t just a competition. Those of us who have made it this far have had to look deep within ourselves.

HOOD: That’s right. Whoever wins this tournament, know that you’ve just won the toughest tournament in the NS Universe. We’ve all overcome something to make it this far.

Cut to the conclusion of the Hood/Vale match.

BISHOP: Hood and Vale won 6-2, 6-4. For singles action, we go to Lucius Webb.

Lucius Webb voices over highlights from Heather Long’s match with Haikal Jansen.

WEBB: Heather Long faced Haikal Jansen from Sharktail this morning and…

Among the highlights were the arrival of Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale in the stands.

WEBB: Hood and Vale had just won their match earlier and decided to support their fellow Andromedan. It looked like Long would win her second straight set match in as many days, but Jansen showed some fight in the third, winning the third set 7-5.

Cut to the conclusion of the match.

WEBB: But the fourth set would be it for Jansen as Long wins the match 6-4 in the 4th.

Cut to interview with Long.

LONG: It was a tale of two matches, Dave. It took a while for Jansen to get his footing, but we were pretty much even from the third on. If he had played that way the whole match… we might still be fighting for that final set.

Cut to Bishop & Webb in a makeshift studio in a Conference room at the Crown Hotel. Joining Bishop are a number of Andromedan tennis players and fans from the Andromeda Islands. They cheer as Bishop and Webb signal.

BISHOP: We’re here at the Crown Hotel and Casino with a number of fans from back home to talk about the quarterfinals… Can you believe it? The Quarterfinals of the Hamilton International. Let’s first talk about Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale, Lucius.

WEBB: When Andromedans first started to play at this level earlier this year, they would have predicted that Kelly Clark and Ramsey Lewis would be in The In Crowd, but Janelle Hood and Sarah Lee Vale introduced Andromedan tennis to a more contemporary tune, keeping up with the pace of International Tennis up to this point.

BISHOP: They’ve definitely got our tennis fans singing a new song. What about Heather Long?

WEBB: It was during that third set in her second-round match against Rod Tralillo that everything changed for Heather Long. Since that tie-break, Heather Long’s play has been phenomenal, losing only a single set since then.

BISHOP: What about her next opponent. Mattias Burges?

WEBB: the 15th-seeded Mattijanan Burges has some experience against Andromedans. Burges defeated Kendra Jackson in the second round in straight sets.

As highlights of Burges’ win over Jackson showed on the big screen, Andromedan fans jeered as Burges is shown scoring match point over Jackson.

WEBB: But I’ll make a prediction, here and now, Dave. If Heather Long can get to five sets, she wins the match. Burges hasn’t had to go that far in a match and Long has already shown that she can go the distance. It’s not going to be a walk in the park for either of these competitors, but I think Heather prevails.

The crowd cheers.

BISHOP: And on that note, we’ll be right back after these messages.

[North Alezia]

SPORTSNEWS! IRINA MADE IT. AGAIN!

New result from Irina Elinova! We have made beautiful progress thus far. But Elinova ain't havin' enough of this tennis game.

Irina Elinova (NAZ) 6 7 3 6
Maria Sophia Lubis (PCU) 4 5 6 3

Yes! Irina spinned like a ballerina on an ice rink with high heels doing a top spin. Showing elegance on her play, really impressed people around, and really impressed North Alezians around the tennis community. Her play is strong too! Only giving Maria Sophia Lubis one single set, only for Elinova to dance up her fourth set.

This Sportsnews is pretty short, because well, we only have one player left. Will she continue on with her ballerina spin? We'll just have to wait. No matter where she stop, she really brought pride to North Alezia.

next match for Irina Elinova:
[7] Andrew Simmons (ETM) vs [Q] Irina Elinova (NAZ)


Don't miss our broadcast of Hamilton Grandslam only in ABA Channel 1, or press the red button on your ABA interactive set box, or you can watch it through ABA official website's live streaming!

Stay tuned for more SPORTSNEWS! to come!

[TJUN-ia]

Cooler conditions finally arrived at Hamilton just in time for play in Round 4 at the International. The clouds were ever-present but many hoped that their day on the clay courts wouldn't be as gloomy. TJUN-ia had 5 matches to keep track of across the top 2 courts and many were wondering just how many players would be left by the end of the night...

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The Cauldron
The first 2 matches were all at the Cauldron, so it only seems fitting to start there. Up first was an interesting duel as Valentina Spetsova, the 13th seed, took on Bartolo Sabanero, the 27th seed from Aqual. Shinji Makauchi had a classic match in Round 1 against teammate Daniel Cervantes and many were expecting more of the same here.

Aqual has been on fire ever since they debuted in the NSTT at the beginning of the Clay Cort season, and Bartolo was certainly proving that here. He took a tight 1st set 7-5, just about getting the better of Scarlet in a late break. Spetsova bounced back to take Set 2 but from there, it would be an uphill battle for Scarlet to keep up with her opponent. She tried a last-gasp effort to keep herself in contention in the 4th set, but Sabenero wasn't having that and finally took down the TJUN-ian.

Scarlet has fallen just before the quarterfinals but in terms of ranking points, she did pretty well. She will head into the Grass season around the top 15 and in a good position to improve. On of the Big 2 is down, but she can know put her sole focus into doubles for the rest of the tournament...

[27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) bt [13] Valentina Spetsova (7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5)

Speaking of the BIg 2, the next match involved the other one. Jean van de Kloor, the 18th seed, was in action against one of the toughest players remaining in the draw: the 5th seed, Ngurah Putra Muliawan, from Pemecutan. TJUN-ia always struggles when it must face a Pemecuatani but if they can be overcome, then anything is possible.

It was this mantra that de Kloor of Toropo was trying to prove and he looked on course to do just that. He was the underdog heading in the match but he took the first 2 sets as if the opponent was a piece of cake. He looked dominant, in control, and the guy many in TJUN-ia hoped he would become at some point. But Ngurah wasn't going to take this lightly, and so she fought back hard. She took a tight Set 3 and a wacky Set 4 to set up a deciding set for all the marbles. But it was here the de Kloor pressed on and managed to kick his opponent out of the court.

And so, here we are. Jean van de Kloor making the Quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. Again. Instead of being the underdog story of the tournament, Jean is the seeded player who has so far managed to take down all opponents. But now comes a game he simply must win: against Bartolo Sabanero. The player who took down Scarlet now has to face de Kloor. Can Jean get revenge? Or will the Aqualias make it 2-for-2 against the Big 2? The Cauldron hosts the duel tomorrow with a place in the Semis at stake...

[18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU) bt [5] Ngurah Putra Muliawan (PCU) (6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2)

Court 2
After all that drama, we finally head to Court 2. The final match before the break involved local talent as the 2nd seed in this tournament, Electrum's Sonya Gredello and Rosa Levinsky, was in action. The crowd roared as the entered the court to take on our own Li Bo Twins - 17th seeds and all. The home crowd certainly di their part as the Electrumites dominated this match from start to finish, leaving nothing for the twins to capitalise on. The Big 3 of TJUN-ia Doubles has gotten closer for now but the twins will take part no more...

[2] Sonya Gredello/Rosa Levinsky (ETM) bt [17] Kim Li Bo/Mei Li Bo (6-2, 6-2)

Then the evening arrived and out came two unexpected players who somehow managed to make it this far: TJUN-ia's Joe Katsi and Kohnhead's Bartholomew Pole. One of these players, from rival tennis nations, would be in Quarter but who would get the edge over the other? In the first set, it looked like the answer would be the Kat of Horizon. He took a tight one 7-5 and looked like he could take that momentum forward. But there is a reason why Kohnhead is our tennis rival: they always seem to find something in order to beat us. In this case, Pole found his own momentum and managed to win 3 sets in a row in order to book his ticket to tomorrow.

As for The Kat, this will go down as one of his best performances in the NSTT. For a player who "hasn't done much" since the last Grand Slam, Katsi has certainly proved that he can turn up when required, If things stand, he would be in the NSTT Top 40 entering the Grass season - who thought you'd say that at the beginning of the year?!

Bartholomew Pole (KHD) bt Joe Katsi (5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2)

And last, but certainly not least, we return to Scarlet. She joined Austin McDanielson as they took on the 3rd seeds in all of doubles tennis - Krytenia's Owen Simmonds and Perry Walsh. After the Li Bo Twins were demolished by the 2nd seeds, some didn't have hope of us winning against the 3rd seeds, but the "Austina" stans thought overwise. They thought that the connection between Scarlet and The Cowboy would pull them through to the Quarterfinals in the end, but how right were they?

Well, Set 1 was very tight indeed. Both pairings came out fighting hard and, of course, a tiebreaker was required. The 3rd seeds won it 10-8 in a thriller so if the stans were to be correct, "Austina" would have to pull off the reverse sweep. The 2nd set was just as tight, but a late break from our pairing meant this would go to a set 3. That set was tight yet again and the crowd was absolutely loving it. It ended at a tiebreaker at 5-5 and it kept going until McDanielson finally ended the match by winning the set 8-6 with his shot.

The long haul was over and the TJUN-ians had won. Scalet and The Cowboys shared hi-fives and waves with themselves and the crowd as they had won the marathon. Their opponents tomorrow is a combination of 2 of TJUN-ian worst nightmares: the 18th seeds of Spencer Kohnhead, of Kohnhead, and Marcus Hathwar, from the hosts Electrum. The rival nation and the host nation coming together to try and take down TJUN-ia in the doubles. We'll see how that goes down on Court 2...

[13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU) bt [3] Owen Simmons/Perry Walsh (KRY) (6-7(8-10), 7-5, 8-6)

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TOMORROW'S MATCHES (Coverage Starts at 10:00 am TST)
Weather: 20C / 68F - light rain
The Cauldron
Match 3 (eve): [27] Bartolo Sabanero (AQL) vs [18] Jean van de Kloor (TJU)

Court 2
Match 4 (eve): [18] Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM) vs [13] Valentina Spetsova/Austin McDanielson (TJU)

[Kohnhead]

Bartholomew Pole continues unlikely run

After a poor performance from the Waterford's against TJUN-ia Yesterday, the remaining Kohnheadian athletes came back to Hamilton as Pole tried to avenge Mindy Waterford's three set loss.

Joe Katsi (TJU)                 7   4   2   2
Bartholomew Pole (KHD)          5   6   6   6

Two unranked opponents did battle in this unlikely round of 16 match. Bartholomew Pole has proven himself capable again as he has someone survived up to this point, and he didn't need to face off against Mindy Waterford in this one. Instead he took on the man who had beaten Waterford from our rival TJUN-ia. Joe Katsi coming off of his three set rout of Mindy started out the match with a set win 7-5. Pole battled back to take a pretty close set 2, 6-4. From then on Pole dominated as the predominantly backhand player put his world class backhand on full display making Katsi work for anything.

His next match at The Cauldron will see him take on another unranked opponent this time in Jason Gordon someone from Britonisea who has only competed in one tournament prior to this that being the Electrum Slam. A win here would put Pole in the semis of a Grand Slam, I can hardly believe what I'm saying.

Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)                   2   1
Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)       6   6

Spencer Kohnhead, and Marcus Hathwar continue to show how good they are as a pair absolutely dominating the two Pérezs from Aqual in this one. Considering the Pérezs made it this far is really cool as this is their first tournament but in the end Hathwar and Kohnhead continue to show how much of a success the mixed doubles pairings have been as they won 6-2 in the first and 6-1 in the second.

They will take on Valentina Spetsova and Austin McDanielson from you guessed it TJUN-ia in their next match. This is one we are all excited for as the rivalry continues to take steps forward. Our opponent is the 13th ranked double in the tournament where as Kohnhead and Hathwar sit at 18.

Riley Dovatin/Melissa Turnface (KHD)            7   6
Jasmina Soflik/Sofia Loranovic (MTJ)            5   2

Taking on Soflik and Loranovic from Mattijana, Dovatin and Turnface continued their excellent run of form in this tournament. This may have been another case of Dovatin, and Turnface taking advantage of a weak draw but hey they are in the quarterfinals at Hamilton.

Next up they take on a duo from Aqual in Bartolo Sabanero and Qualo Tabos who are ranked 15th in the tournament. A win here would put them into the semifinals which would be completely unexpected.

[Mattijana]

Burges and Kampl/Juvan into Quarters as Last Mattijanans Standing

MFO SPORT

Jasmina Dulic, MFO Tennis Correspondent

Mattias Burges beat Carlos Thirdspade in four sets to progress to his first grand-slam quarter final in Hamilton. Rikard Kampl and Marko Juvan also progressed in the doubles draw, but Tamara Hucsak and Dominik Lintner lost, as did Sofia Loranovic and Jasmina Soflik.

Thirdspade, who knocked out world number one and tournament favourite Dominika Lisicki in the third round, started slowly compared to Burges, but recovered to claim the third set tie-break. His five-setter with Lisicki two days ago would eventually take it's toll however, the Springmont player struggling for energy and focus in the final set to hand the Mattijanan number 2 the win.

Thirdspade had proved himself to be a tricky player in his dramatic five-set win over Dominika Lisicki and gave away few cheap points in the early exchanges in the cauldron. Fortunately for Burges, he managed to win most of the long rallies and secured an early break when the wildcard clothed a forehand long at 2-1 down. Another break from the marginally sharper Mattijanan ended the first set at 6-2, but Thirdspade improved in the second set, beginning to put more pressure on the Burges serve and only losing to a well-timed break of serve, the Mattijanan number 2 producing an exquisite drop-shot on break point.

The third set swung the other way. Burges had to hang in there to break immediately back on two separate occasions before Thirdspade deservedly won the tie-break 7-3. The efforts of the world number 3 to get back into the game eventually proved too much though, Burges once again grinding out two breaks of serve to seal a tough encounter.

He will go onto play another wildcard - the Andromeda Island's Heather Long - in the last 8 after the rookie beat Sharktail's Haikal Jansen in a similarly-paced four-setter on court 2. Burges will once again be favourite, something he wouldn't have expected at this stage of a Grand Slam, but the draw has been kind and he has a great opportunity to make the semis - or even beyond.

Long is not to be written off however after some fine performances of her own and if the 'Tennis Roundup' panel show is anything to go by, she will have a noisy following. The Andromedan fans present booed a video of Burges beating Long's compatriot Kendra Jackson, so once a large cohort of Mattijanan Tennis fans are thrown into the mix, the atmosphere in the cauldron could be quite something. The match will be the first on Hamilton's centre court tomorrow at 13:00 (a very friendly 17:00 in Mattijanan time).

Burges is the only Mattijanan in the singles quarter-finals and only one pair remain in the doubles draw. Similarly to the singles, it isn't the team you would expect on recent form as Tamara Hucsak and Dominik Lintner were knocked out in disappointing fashion by Bartolo Sabanero and Qualo Tabos from Aqual. Rikard Kampl and Marko Juvan did progress however, securing victory against Elke Hartung and Karina Gerard from Neu Engollon in straight sets.

The duo's seeding of 21st is likely to be misleading based on Kampl's experience and ability, but selector Alex Dimitrov will not have expected he and new partner Juvan to gel so quickly. Rookie Juvan in particular is a revelation, looking like a fine player for the modern age of the NSTT with his booming serve and inventive volleying.

Lisicki leaving her long-standing partnership with Kampl to focus on singles tennis was a decision that the 22nd-ranked doubles player had no control over, but may pay huge dividends in the long run for both players. Dimitrov will have some awkward decisions to make for the grass season with the experienced pair of Julian Slazic and Lara Basic out of form and that decision will be further complicated by the run of Jasmina Soflik and Sofia Loranovic, the pair reaching the last 16 in just their second tournament.

Juvan and Kampl now face a tougher test against the classy and in-form duo of Sonya Gredello and Rosa Levinsky. 'Ronya', as they are affectionately known by their fans, backed up a win in Beconailles with a quarter-final appearance at the Mattijana Open and are favourites to take the trophy on home clay after a shock defeat for the Fournier twins.

Both draws have been opened up by the loss of some big seeds, and the quarter-finals have produced some fascinating-looking match ups. Tune into MFO 1 from 4:30pm Mattijanan time to see how things pan out.

[Springmont]

N° 12

Singles Competition - Round 4
Carlos Thirdspade (SPM)         2   4   7   2
Mattias Burges (MTJ)            6   6   6   6

Doubles Competition - Round 4
Michael Legrand/Juan Ortiz (KRY)                2   3
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM)                6   6

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Next Game: Doubles Competition - Quarterfinals
Jo Royalwood/Bob Lightford (SPM) vs Janelle Hood/Sarah Lee Vale (AIG) - Court 2

[Aqual]

Sabanero Once Again Carries Aqual Ever Onwards
HAMILTON, Etm.—Bartolo Sabanero has repeated his Mattijana feat, again being the lone advancer to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles (alongside Qualo Tabos, of course). He has certainly shown his clay court prowess, and he is now in serious contention for the top prize. Results from his two wins and the unfortunate loss in doubles today below.

Bartolo Sabanero (AQL)          7   3   6   7
Valentina Spetsova (TJU)        5   6   2   5

As the lone Aqualia left in singles, it was up to Sabanero to keep the Aqualian flame alive in the Hamilton International, and he successfully did just that against Valentina Spetsova, better known as Scarlet. The first set was fairly even between the two players, with a bit of a shaky start from both (which Sabanero has made his trademark in this tournament), although by the end of the set the two looked more comfortable. However, it was (surprisingly) the Aqualia who ultimately had the best look, breaking in the second last game before consolidating to win the set 7-5. With renewed energy, the TJUN-ia player managed to open up a one-break lead over Sabanero early in the second, which managed to hold true by the end of the set about thirty minutes later for 6-3. This resulted in a similar response from the twenty-seventh seed, with Sabanero breaking in the first game before doing so again in the seventh; he served out the eighth for 6-2. With a two sets to one lead, Sabanero seemed to have the momentum early on in the fourth, but a breakback from Spetsova in the middle portion of the set put things back on serve, and it was quite a tussle in the remaining four games. Ultimately, though, it was the Aqualia who again just had that little bit more—more pace, more depth, more angle, more spin, more execution—which let Sabanero win in four sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. A good win against a good player to move on to the quarterfinals, where he will face the other member of the "Big 2" of TJUN-ian tennis, eighteenth seed Jean van der Kloor, in The Cauldron at 7:00 P.M., the start of the night session.

Jordi Pérez/Rubén Pérez (AQL)                   2   1
Spencer Kohnhead/Marcus Hathwar (KHD/ETM)       6   6

It is an understatement to say that the Pérez brothers have 'done well' to get this far in their first international tournament (never mind their first Grand Slam). They have continually impressed and exceeded expectations, but they could not overcome the superior game of Spencer Kohnhead and Marcus Hathwar, as the mixed-nation team easily won, 6-2, 6-1 in just an hour. Although Hathwar admittedly had some home court advantage, with the Electrumite crowd (as well as some Kohnhead fans) certainly cheering on their opponents, at the end of the day the Aqualias are simply not yet at that level of play, or at least not consistently enough to go much deeper in a Grand Slam anytime soon, although they undoubtedly have lots of room to grow this season (they will almost assuredly replace Sabanero/Tabos as Aqual's entry into the Tier 2 grass tournament) and beyond.

Tamara Hucsak/Dominik Lintner (MTJ)             6   1
Bartolo Sabanero/Qualo Tabos (AQL)              7   6

One doubles team that certainly does have some experience winning matches on the international circuit is that of Sabanero and Qualo Tabos, especially during the clay swing. However, their opponents, Tamara Hucsak and Dominik Lintner, are no stranger to success either, being the runner-ups in their home tournament in Mattijana and the seventh-ranked doubles players in the multiverse. This clash was therefore certainly one to watch, as the battle for the first set raged for more than fifty minutes in a back-and-forth struggle which included six breaks of serve, with the last of those coming as the Mattijana team attempted to serve for the set at 6-5. However, with the Aqualias breaking without ever being a set point down, they forced the tiebreaker, where Tabos excelled at the net, where he was stationed at the beginning of six points and at the conclusion of another two. They carried the tiebreaker 7-4 to clench the first set 7-6. In the second, Tabos continued his reputation as the best volleyer in Aqual while Sabanero made some spectacular shots with incredible angles from the baseline to breeze into a six games to one victory. They will next face Kohnhead's Riley Dovatin and Melissa Turnface, the twenty-eighth seeded pair, in the second match of the afternoon session (which begins at 1:00 P.M.) on Court 2.

We hope you will again peruse tomorrow's print edition of the Toboso Chronicle for a full recap of the two quarterfinals matches, in addition to watching the live stream and keeping up with our reporters' live updates on our website.