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Tennis | Challenger & ITF Round Up | Crawford wins ITF Luan title

Glenys Furness
Tennis

By Glenys Furness

  • Oliver Crawford claims title in China
  •  Brit was six seed
  • Recovered from a set down in the final
LUAN, CHINA – Oliver Crawford entered the ITF event and was the sixth seed. The Brit defeated a former top 20 player in the final, recovering from a set down.

 

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Oliver Crawford entered the ITF event and was the sixth seed. In the first round the Brit was against Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul. The Thai stayed close to Crawford in the first set and looked to be forcing a tiebreak. However, Crawford broke serve just at the end and took the lead. The second set saw the Brit and the Thai fight hard, before the seed broke serve and moved into the next round 7-5, 6-4.

In the second round, the Brit was against wildcard player Lu Pengyu. The Chinese player got off to the better start and dominated the first set to take the lead. The second set saw Crawford re-group and break serve to level up the match. The final set saw the seed dominate and move on into the next round 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

The quarter-final saw the seed against another wildcard Chinese player, this time Zhang Tianhui. The Brit had little trouble with the wildcard and soon dominated. Crawford hardly put a foot wrong as the seed eased through both sets and into the next round 6-2, 6-1.

In the semi-final the Brit was against Akira Santillan. The Australian stayed close with Crawford in the first set and looked to force a tiebreak. However, the seed managed to break at the end of the set and take the lead. The second set saw Santillan re-group and break early to level up the match. The final set saw Crawford dominate and move through into the final 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.

The final saw Crawford against former top twenty player Chung Hyeon. The Korean broke the seed serve in the first set and took the lead. The Brit re-grouped in the second set, breaking serve early to level up the match. In the final set Crawford dominated and lifted the title 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

 

 

Challenger & ITF Round Up

Jacob Fearnley was defeated by Nuno Borges in the second round in Phoenix 6-2, 7-5.

Cameron Norrie was defeated by Constant Lestienne in the first round in Cap Cana 6-4, 7-5.

Billy Harris was defeated by Coleman Wong in the first round in Cap Cana 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4.

Paul Jubb was defeated by Adrien Gobat in the first round in Cherbourg 6-3, 6-4.

Arthur Fery was defeated by Patrick Zahraj in the quarter-final in Cherbourg 7-5, 6-1.

Stuart Parker was defeated by Wu Tung-Lin in the first round in Hersonissos 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Ryan Peniston was defeated by Timofey Skatov in the second round in Hersonissos 6-4, 6-4.

Ben Jones was defeated by Marvin Moeller in the first round in Creteil 6-2, 7-6(4).

Hamish Stewart was defeated by Marat Sharipov in the quarter-final in Creteil 7-6(3), 6-3.

Finn Bass was defeated by Francisco Rocha in the first round in Vale do Lobo 6-2, 6-4.

Liam Broady was defeated by George Loffhagen in the second round in Vale do Lobo 6-4, 6-3.

James Story was defeated by George Loffhagen in the semi-final in Vale do Lobo 7-6(5), 6-3.

George Loffhagen defeated Tiago Pereira in the final in Vale do Lobo 6-0, 7-5.

Oliver Bonding was defeated by Alejo Sanchez Quillez in the second round in Les Franqueses del Valles 1-6, 7-6(5), 12-10.

Jay Clarke defeated Shin Woobin in the final in Chandigarh 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0.

Ewen Lumsden was defeated by Oskari Paldanius in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-4, 6-2.

Danielle Daly was defeated by Victoria Allen in the first round in Sharm El Sheikh 6-4, 6-0.

Ali Habib was defeated by Amr Elsayed in the second round in Sharm El Sheikh 3-6, 6-4, 5-1 (RET).

Vitoria Allen was defeated by Anouck Vrancken Peeters in the quarter-final in Sharm El Sheikh 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Stefan Cooper was defeated by Alvin Tudorica in the second round in Humantla 7-6(5), 6-3.

Peter Alam was defeated by Adam Farag-Cao in the first round in Montreal 6-3, 6-4.

Max Benaim was defeated by Charlie Robertson in the first round in Montreal 6-4, 6-1.

Charlie Robertson was defeated by Jesse Flores in the quarter-final in Montreal 6-5 (RET).

Emily Appleton was defeated by Christasha McNell in the final in Montreal 6-4, 6-4.

Esther Adeshina was defeated by Eryn Cayetano in the semi-final in Monastir 6-3, 6-2.

Yuriko Lily Miyazaki was defeated by Kathinka von Deichmann in the quarter-final in Targu Mures 6-4, 7-5.

Mingge Xu was defeated by Ayano Shimizu in the quarter-final in Kyoto 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-2.

Summer Yardley was defeated by Eliz Maloney in the first round in Alaminos 6-1, 6-1.

Eliz Maloney was defeated by Gaia Squarcialupi in the second round in Alaminos 6-3, 7-5.

Alice Gillan was defeated by Ekaterina Perelygina in the quarter-final in Alaminos 6-2, 6-2.

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