{"id":10769,"date":"2017-03-16T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=10769"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T02:41:41","slug":"de-waard-into-clay-quarters-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/03\/16\/de-waard-into-clay-quarters-1","title":{"rendered":"De Waard into Clay Quarters #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne-based <strong>Steven de Waard<\/strong>\u00a0(QLD) has advanced to the quarterfinals of ACT Clay Court International #1 after defeating <strong>Harry Bourchier\u00a0<\/strong>(TAS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a shock really,\u201d the self-proclaimed doubles specialist said of his successive wins in Canberra. \u201cI enjoy playing here, I\u2019ve done alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the back of an upset win over the top seed, <strong>Jordi Samper-Montana<\/strong> of Spain, his opponent Bourchier looked to be in some solid form, but de Waard was equal to the task on Thursday, seeing off the Tasmanian 21-year-old in three tight sets, 7-5 3-6 6-4, in just over two hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came off a really good win last round,\u201d de Waard said of Bourchier. \u201cSometimes it can be tough to back up after beating a guy like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The doubles world No.158 also expanded on his current plans to focus on that persuasion. \u201cI\u2019m having a bit more success on the doubles court at the moment, so I\u2019m trying to head down that pathway,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to play as much doubles as possible and keep the ranking heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old was unfortunately unsuccessful in his doubles semifinal on Thursday, he and partner <strong>Scott Puodziunas<\/strong>, the second seeds, falling to Queenslanders <strong>Maverick Banes<\/strong> and <strong>Gavin van Peperzeel<\/strong> 4-6 7-6(4) [10-8].<\/p>\n<p>De Waard will now face Banes in a singles quarterfinal, the No.8 seed a three-set winner over Japan\u2019s <strong>Sora Fukuda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got me comfortably last time, so we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d de Waard said of the upcoming encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining quarterfinals see fourth seed <strong>Blake Mott<\/strong> play American <strong>Evan King<\/strong> while <strong>Greg Jones<\/strong> and <strong>Omar Jasika<\/strong>, the No.3 seed, will fight it out for a semifinal berth.<\/p>\n<p>Jones overcame last week\u2019s Mildura winner<strong> Dayne Kelly<\/strong> in three sets while Jasika made short work of <strong>Alex Bolt<\/strong>, defeating the South Australian 6-0 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, second seed <strong>Marc Polmans<\/strong> edged out Mildura finalist <strong>Bradley Mousley<\/strong> in three sets and will now face Kiwi <strong>Jose Statham<\/strong>, a runaway victor over Japanese qualifier <strong>Kazuma Kawachi<\/strong> 6-1 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>The doubles final will play out on Friday 17 March (not Before 2pm) where American third seeds <strong>Evan King<\/strong> and <strong>Nathan Pasha<\/strong> [3] will face Aussie duo <strong>Maverick Banes<\/strong> and <strong>Gavin Van Peperzeel<\/strong> [4].<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date with live scores:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores\">tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne-based Steven de Waard\u00a0(QLD) has advanced to the quarterfinals of ACT Clay Court International #1 after defeating Harry Bourchier\u00a0(TAS). \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a shock really,\u201d the self-proclaimed doubles specialist said of his successive wins in Canberra. \u201cI enjoy playing here, I\u2019ve done alright.\u201d On the back of an upset win over the top seed, 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