"Good evening Neu Engollon, and to our international viewers. You're tuned in to Courtside Central on NETV Sports 19. I'm your host Lizbet Rittenhaus. We're live at the Mercedinian Open. It's been an exciting one here these last few days, and for a good part of it, the Neu Engollian women dominated. Marla Gerard seems to have recovered her groove, having been off the previous couple tournaments in the NSTT circuit. She took down Krytenian Jessica Moreaux in a rapid fire two sets and looks primed to take on Qasdonian Feyrord Poniac in the quarterfinals.
Felice Mareaux, however, will not be moving on after her loss to the host's Jokek in a close, heated 3 set match. While not quite making it to the finals over the last few Opens, Felice has really been coming up in the ranks and many say that her style is reminiscent of Marla's in her earlier days.
Alma Semmes also survives on to the quarters, having beat Britonian Leo Garry in a three set methodical match wearing him down. While some are critical of her less than graceful style, she more than makes up for it with solid determination and an incredible endurance. Alma is the senior veteran of the tour, now that Paul Quiront was suspended and subsequently announced his withdrawal from NETC tennis.
Speaking of which, Quiront's bizarre run for Albertville mayor continues on with more vile social media posts and odd statements to the media in general, typical of what we expect from him. Rather than driving away supporters, it seems that Quiront rallies are increasing in strength as well as becoming rowdier affairs. His opponent, incumbent Mayor Silvia Bascombe, who has been the target of much of his vitriol, says that she is quote:"
...dumbfounded that so many of her constituents could be fooled by someone so crass, inexperienced and unprofessional.
"Me too, Silvia, me too. I've said that through my whole career in tennis and now sportscasting about Paul Quiront. Now, since this is a tennis show and not about politics, I'm happy to move on to discuss some of the other NSTT players that will present challenges to the veteran duo of Gerard and Semmes..."
