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O’Reilly wins Ile de Re doubles title

Liam O'Reilly
Liam O'Reilly

BRITAIN’S Liam O’Reilly won his first quad doubles title of the season on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour at the ITF 2 Series Open de L’ile de Re in France.

O’Reilly, 21, partnered Israel’s Boaz Kramer to a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory over French duo Stephane Erismann and Virgile Silva in a straight final in the event, while also finishing runner-up to Kramer in the quad singles.

O’Reilly lost his only singles match in a five-way round-robin competition to Kramer, while beating the French trio of David Alves Cerqueira, Erismann and Silva in straight sets to pick up valuable world ranking points.

Meanwhile, British No 3 Louise Hunt was unable to add another doubles triumph at the German Open after reaching the women’s doubles final partnering Germany’s Katharina Kruger.

Hampered by a heavy cold as she tackled the ITF 3 Series event in Essen, Hunt paired up with Kruger to beat Sweden’s Anna Alenas and Natalia Bakhmatova of Russia 6-2, 6-0 in the semi-finals.

However, Hunt and Kruger had to settle for runners-up honours after a 3-6, 2-6 loss to the Dutch pairing of world No 2 doubles player Aniek van Koot and Dorrie Timmermans in the final.

A below-par Hunt opened her women’s singles challenge well enough after a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Dutchwoman Willemien Smits and then took the first set of her quarter-final against Gemany’s Bianca Osterer before fading and Osterer edged through 2-6, 6-2, 6-7(4)

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