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10th ANNUAL USTA/URSULA BECK PRO TENNIS
CLASSIC
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL SET
AT THE USTA/URSULA BECK PRO TENNIS CLASSIC
DECATUR, IL – The top men’s doubles finals is set while the
men’s singles players prepare for the quarterfinals at the
USTA/Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic. The No. 3 seeded men’s
doubles team of Tigran Martirosyan (Armenia) and Daniel Yoo
(Korea) defeated the No. 2 tournament seed, Yuichi Ito (Japan)
and Raven Klaasen (South Africa), 3-6 and 6-1 [10-4] to advance
to the finals. Martirosyan and Yoo will meet the Australian team
of Dane Fernandez and David Jeflea in the doubles final on
Sunday, August 3 at 1 p.m. Fernandez and Jeflea advanced to the
finals when they defeated the United States team of Matthew
Allare and Justin Kronauge 6-3 and 7-6.
Even with the lose in today’s doubles semifinals, Raven
Klaasen was able to survive his men’s single match against Conor
Pollock (United States) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 and advanced to tomorrow’s
quarterfinals. Klaasen, seeded No. 2, will meet Nicolas Santos
(Brazil). The only other singles seeded player to advance to the
quarterfinals was United States player Paul Todd, seeded No. 4.
Todd defeated Jarmaine Jenkins (United States) 6-3, 6-3 and will
play Thomas Liversage (South Africa) in the quarterfinals.
Wildcard and University of Illinois player Roy Kalmaovich also
advanced to the quarterfinals. The men’s singles quarterfinals
will begin Friday (August 1) at 10 a.m. at the Fairview Park
Tennis Complex. |