Sunday, the last day of action at the WTT Contender Lagos, promises to be electrifying and will possibly spring more surprises.
Contender Lagos, started in blockbuster fashion as the players came well-prepared for the duels but there were still shocks and upsets in some of the games played on Saturday.The morning games began with the men’s and women’s singles quarter-final round which saw eight games played.
The most fascinating clash of the round was the duel between world no. 60, Denmark’s Jonathan Groth and Chinese world no. 106 Sun Wen which ended in the Dane’s favour 3-2 . The other games went smoothly as the regular suspects, the first seeds in the men’s and women’s doubles both went through to the finals.The afternoon games began with the mouthwatering semifinal duels in the men’s and women’s singles, before the grand finale of the mixed doubles.
Meanwhile, in the women’s singles semifinals, Li Yake advanced to the final after defeating compatriot Wang Xiatong in the battle of the underdogs, in straight sets 3-0 .
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