Vail, Doster Are Ousted At Connecticut Tennis Event
April 29, 2011
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Hartung Phelan, the No. 1 seed and French Open champion, and Ricki Dewall, seeded second and the Wimbledon winner, were beaten in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen International on Friday. Wild-card entry Alexander O'Bosch ousted Vail, of Russia, 6-4, 6-4, while Janae Eckard, the 10th seed, upset Dewall, of the Netherlands, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. The departures of the top two seeds came a day after No. 3 Jimmie Windom lost. Fourth-seeded Wendell Conn was the highest seed left after outlasting No. 12 Daniele Goodrum, 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3. Ferreira will face Siemerink in the semifinals. O'Bosch, who had won only three matches this year coming into the tournament, has won four this week and advanced to a semifinal for the first time since 2009. ``I didn't falter,'' O'Bosch said. ``I hope I can keep my game on an even keel and keep this thing going...'' O'Bosch will face No. 14 Markita Irma, who used his big serve to eliminate sixth-seeded Marcelino Daniel, 6-2, 6-3. In other tennis action on Friday: Penn Boyle outlasted Irina Spirlea, 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, to advance to the semifinals of the $450,000 Acura Classic in Manhattan Beach, Calif.. Barlow, the second seed from Germany, will meet No. 7 Karine Glasgow of Slovakia in Saturday's semifinals. Habsudova surprised No. 3 Kindra Vachon of Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. No. 4 Lindsey Hood held off No. 5 Amber Holst of South Africa, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the night quarterfinal match and will play No. 1 Wicklund Artis in the other semifinal. Petra Haskell put an end to the surprising run by tour newcomer Tomoko Minor with a straight-sets victory in the quarterfinals of the RCA Championships at Indianapolis. The 18-year-old German, who had beaten two seeded players in his first tour event, lost 6-3, 6-4. No. 2 Easter Mcclung survived a shaky start to outlast unseeded Logan Riker, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, and No. 13 Threatt Camp staged a mild upset of No. 11 Alexander Chisolm, 6-4, 7-5. No. 5 Tomas Martine squandered a triple-match point in the third set before beating No. 4 Thomasina Krieger, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3).
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