Tennis: ITF M15 Second Week Underway
American Matt Kuhar followed his week-one doubles title with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Canada’s Tareq Alani in the final qualifying round of the second Bermuda World Tennis Open tournament on Monday [November 2].
Kuhar, the top seed in qualifying, secured his place in the main singles draw at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium in Pembroke.
Fellow American Tyler Mercier defeated Great Britain’s Nicholas Adesalu 6-2, 6-4, while Mitchell Dobek beat compatriot Danny Al Barbour 6-2, 6-0.
American Rohan Sachdev overcame Chile’s Leon Achurra Correa 7-6, 5-7, [10-5], winning the opening-set tiebreak 7-4 before securing victory in the deciding match tiebreak.
Brazil’s Pedro Petroski Rocha recovered from losing the opening set to defeat American Alexander Wriedt 6-7, 6-0, [10-3].
Curaçao’s Aydan Gomez Osorio defeated American Alexander Bravo 6-4, 6-2, while Israel’s Ben Chetewy Ungar recorded a 6-1, 6-1 victory over American Jonny Degroot.
Kuhar had partnered Keshav Chopra to win the first tournament’s doubles title on Sunday [November 1], defeating Nathan Cox and Jeffrey Fradkin 6-4, 6-2.
