Seeds to contest Berri quarterfinals
All eight seeds have progressed to the quarterfinals of the Landmark Riverland Tennis International after an exciting day of tennis in Berri, South Australia.
Berri, 3 March 2011 | tennis.com.au
All eight seeds have progressed to the quarterfinals of the Landmark Riverland Tennis International after an exciting day of tennis in Berri, South Australia.
Four Australians remain in contention including rising star and No.4 seed Benjamin Mitchell (Worongary, Qld), who defeated qualifier Kim Moellers (GER) in straight sets. The Junior Wimbledon Championships runner-up will now meet No.8 seed Liang-Chi Huang (TPE), who enjoyed a comfortable victory against qualifier Patrick Ganet (Nathan, Qld) in the second round.
Joining Mitchell will be Michael Look (Scarborough, Qld), Chris Letcher (Hope Island, Qld) and No.6 seed Brendan Moore (Lismore Heights, NSW), who all defeated fellow Australians to reach the quarterfinals. Moore will now face top seed Vishnu Vardhan (IND), who defeated Leon Frost (Bracken Ridge, Qld) in straight sets.
In other results, No.2 seed Hiroki Moriya (JPN) will meet Letcher in the quarterfinals after being tested by Bowen Ouyang of China while No.3 seed Erik Chvojka (CAN) was too strong for 19 year-old Kyle Stoker (Eastwood, NSW) in the second round.
Thursday 3 March – latest results
Men
Futures
Landmark Riverland Tennis International – Berri, Australia (Grass)
R16 [1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND) def Leon Frost (Qld) 6-4 6-4
R16 [6] Brendan Moore (NSW) def Matthew Barton (NSW) 6-3 6-1
R16 [WC] [4] Ben Mitchell (Qld) def [Q] Kim Moellers (GER) 6-3 6-4
R16 [8] Liang-Chi Huang (TPE) def [Q] Patrick Ganet (Qld) 6-4 6-3
R16 [3] Eric Chvojka (CAN) def Kyle Stoker (NSW) 6-4 6-1
R16 [5] Michael Look (Qld) def [Q] Scott Puodziunas (Qld) 6-3 6-4
R16 [7] Chris Letcher (Qld) def Mark Richards (Qld) 6-2 6-4
R16 [2] Hiroki Moriya (JPN) def Bowen Ouyang (CHN) 6-4 6-4
Friday 4 March – upcoming matches
Men
Futures
Landmark Riverland Tennis International – Berri, Australia (Grass)
QF [1] Vishnu Vardhan (IND) v [6] Brendan Moore (NSW)
QF [WC] [4] Ben Mitchell (Qld) v [8] Liang-Chi Huang (TPE)
QF [3] Eric Chvojka (CAN) v [5] Michael Look (Qld)
QF [2] Hiroki Moriya [JPN] v [7] Chris Letcher (Qld)