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Shehab, Al Thawadi clinch doubles title

By DT News Network. F ourth seeds Abdul Rahman Shehab and Khalid Al Thawadi clinched the Men's Super Doubles final title in straight sets against sixth seeds Bader Abdul A'al and Antonio Catito 6-4, 7-6(6) in the latest matches of the 29th GPIC Open Tennis Championships at the Bahrain Tennis Club pr

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Published 21 November 2015, 8:00 · Updated 21:41

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Fourth seeds Abdul Rahman Shehab and Khalid Al Thawadi clinched the Men’s Super Doubles final title in straight sets against sixth seeds Bader Abdul A’al and Antonio Catito 6-4, 7-6(6) in the latest matches of the 29th GPIC Open Tennis Championships at the Bahrain Tennis Club premises in Juffair.

In the quarter finals of the Men’s Doubles +45, the biggest shock was the defeat of top seeds Stalin Joseph and Uday Shanbhag and who went 6-1, 6-2 to unseeded Roni Cifra and Leo M.

Second seeds Kamal Khonji and Ali Khonji had no problem in their match as they brushed aside Gerry Toledo and Mike Bernel 6-0, 6-1.

In the Super Singles first round, all four top seeds - Yousif Qaed, Karim Redha, Lars Klaverstijn and Hassan Redha easily won in straight sets to advance to the quarter finals.

Other results:

Super Doubles (Semi-finals): (4)Abdul Rahman Shehab/ Khalid Al Thawadi bt (1)Hassan Nabi/Karim Nabi 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-3. (6)Bader Abdul A’al/ Antonio Catito bt (7) Nader Abdul A’al/Mohammed Abdul A’al 7-6(2)

Super Singles (1st Rd): (1) Yousef Qaed bt Salman Hassan 6-0, 6-2, (2)Karim Abdul Redha bt Cesar Lluch 6-0, 6-1, (3)Lars Klaverstijn bt Roy Boutagy 6-1, 6-2, (4)Hassan Abdul Redha bt Ariel Logrono 6-2, 6-1, Rashid Obaidli w/o Serwin Rampersad, Abdul Rahman Janahi w/o David O, Ali Alasfoor bt B Vuksitz 7-6(6), 6-2, Jasper M bt Ahmed Janahi 7-6(5), 6-4.

Mens +45 Doubles (Quarter finals): Kadri Rizk/David Edman bt Han De Winth/ Robert Timmers 6-2, 6-0, Ronald Anacin/Cassius Pereira bt Dennis Laude/Omar Ramirez 6-4, 6-0. (First round): an De Windth/Robert Timmers bt Jay Johnson Ibrahim/Abraham Fathallah 6-3, 6-1, Roni Cifra/ Leo M bt Fatih Ekici/Dimic Alexander 6-2, 6-0, Denis Laude/Omar Ramirez bt Ed Tuando/ Noel 6-1, 6-1, Ronald Anacin/Cassius Pereira bt K Somanathan/Mani Ags 6-3, 6-2, Gerry Toledo/Mike Bernal bt Ebrahim Qaed/Eyad Rafeei 6-4, 6-4.

Today’s action: (6pm):Men’s +45 Doubles (Semi-finals). Men’s +55 Doubles (Final). (7pm” Super Singles (Quarter finals).

Shehab, Al Thawadi clinch doubles title

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