Sabtu, 23 Mei 2009

Groth and Lacko into Fergana finals

Eight seed Lukas Lacko of Slovakia will challenge fifth seed Samuel Groth from Australia in the final of “Fergana Challenger” with total prize money of US $ 35,000 in Fergana, Uzbekistan after they battled past their opponents in semi-finals on Friday (May 22, 2009). Lacko extended his good form as he surprised fourth seed Illya Marchenko of Ukraine and won 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Meanwhile Aussie Groth had relatively easier outing after he cruised past Russian qualifier Evgeny Kirillov 6-2, 6-3.

In doubles semi-finals, fourth seed pair Pavel Chekhov/Alexey Kedryuk (Russia/Kazakhstan) edged past unseeded duo Raven Klaasen/Danai Udomchoke (South Africa/Thailand) 6-3, 6-2, while second seed duet Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi (Canada/Pakistan) defeated third seed Russian pair Evgeny Kirillov/Alexandre Kudryavtsev 6-4, 6-3. In the final, fourth seed duo Chekhov/Kedryuk came from behind to grab the title as they edged past second seed pair Duclos/Qureshi 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.

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