BANGALORE, OCT 30: Thailand's Danai Udomchoke will clash with Sweden's Federico Rovai in the final of the Wearhouse Satellite tennis tournament. In the semi-finals at the Century Club courts on Friday, the Thai player prevailed over Slovakia's Marian Leysek, while Rovai ousted fellow Swede Johan Hede.The Indian challenge was confined to doubles play when the Kirtane cousins, Nitin and Sandeep, winners of the first two legs in Mumbai and Hyderabad, entered the final at the expense of another Indian pair, Harsh Mankad and Vijay Kannan. They will challenge Johan Hede and Zoltan Borockzy for the title.
Results (all semifinals)
Singles: Federico Rovai bt Johan Hede 6-4, 6-4; Danai Udomchoke bt Maruan Leysek 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Nitin/Sandeep Kirtane bt Harsh Mankad/Vijay Kannan 6-3, 6-4; Johan Hede/Zoltan Borockzy bt Federico Rovai/Timo Nigri 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Singles play-off for last place in Masters: Vijay Kannan bt Ravikiran Bhat 6-4, 6-1.
The following qualified to play in theMasters to be held in Kannur from next week: Prahlad Srinath, Federico Rovai, Danai Udomchoke, Johan Hede, Patrick Erhardt, Gerard Fahlke, Mustafa Ghouse, Sandeep Kirtane, Saurav Panja, Marian Leysek, Timo Nigri, Niko Karagiannis, Sanzaruz Zaman, Zoltan Borockzy, Vijendra Laad, Praveen Sreenivasan, Nitin Kirtane, Harsh Mankad, Vasudeva Reddy, Vindo Sridhar, Mike Boulding, Ondrej Chvapil, Vishal Gupta and Vijay Kannan.
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