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Naiktha Bains at the Nature Valley Open, Nottingham 2019
Naiktha Bains at the Nature Valley Open, Nottingham 2019 | (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for LTA)

Tennis | Challenger & ITF Round Up | Bains made semi-final of ITF Snow Hill

Glenys Furness
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By Glenys Furness

  • Naiktha Bains made semi-final in Australia
  • Brit took out two seeds en route
  • Only stopped by seventh seed
SWAN HILL, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – Naiktha Bains entered the ITF event and was unseeded. The Brit made the semi-final before being defeated.

 

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Naiktha Bains entered the ITF event and was unseeded. In the first round the Brit drew qualifier Milan Krish. The Australian struggled against the Brit in the first set, as Bains dominated and didn’t drop a game to take the lead. The second set was closer as Krish started to find her game. However, the Brit managed to secure the vital break of serve and took the victory 6-0, 6-4.

The second round saw Bains against the eighth seed Talia Gibson. The Brit got off to the better start and managed to break the seed to take the lead. Gibson regrouped in the second set though, and stayed toe to toe with the Brit. Eventually, Gibson managed to break serve and level up the match. The final set saw Bains dominate and move into the next round 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.

In the quarter-final Bains was against the third seed Joanna Garland. The first set was very close, with neither player getting the vital break of serve. In the ensuing tiebreak, it was the Brit that edged ahead and took the lead. The second set saw Bains figure out Garland and break serve to book a spot in the next round 7-6(5), 6-3.

The semi-final saw Bains against seventh seed Madison Inglis. The Australian and the Brit went toe to toe at the start, and it looked like a tiebreak was on the cards. However, Inglis managed to break the serve of Bains right at the end of the first set and took the lead. The second set saw Inglis dominate as Bains struggled to stay with the seed. In the end it was Inglis that took the win 7-5, 6-3.

 

 

Challenger & ITF Round Up

Ryan Peniston was defeated by Harold Mayot in the second round in Bengaluru 7-6, 6-0.

Jan Choinski was defeated by Jurij Rodionov in the second round in Rovereto 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

Charles Broom was defeated by Giulio Zeppieri in the second round in Rovereto 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Alastair Gray was defeated by Jordan Thompson in the quarter-final in Rome, Georgia 6-4, 6-2.

Billy Harris was defeated by Duarte Vale in the first round in Faro 6-2, 7-6(5).

Aidan McHugh was defeated by Francois Musitelli in the first round in Faro 6-2, 6-3.

Felix Gill was defeated by August Holmgreen in the first round in Faro 7-6(3), 7-6(2).

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki was defeated by Jessika Ponchet in the second round in Macon 6-4, 6-3.

Francesca Jones was defeated by Carlota Martinez Cirez in the quarter-final in Tucuman 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5.

Emilie Lindh was defeated by Klaudija Bubelyte in the quarter-final in Sharm-El-Sheikh 6-3, 6-4.

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