GD Jones has reached the semi-finals in the doubles competition of the ATP Challenger Series Tournament in Knoxville, USA.
Jones and partner Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated in their first match opponents, fourth seeds Alex Kuznetsov and Todd Widom of USA. Jones and Anderson next won against John-Patrick Smith of Australia and Rhyne Williams of USA. In the semis Jones and Anderson will face second seeds Sanchai and Sonchaf Ratiwatana of Thailand.
In the singles competition, after progressing through the qualifying rounds, Jones lost his first round match against Alex Kuznetsov of USA 6-7 5-7.
Halfway across the world, Jones’ sister Sacha Jones has reached the quarter-finals in the singles and the semi-finals in the doubles competition at the ITF tournament in Manila, Philippines.
Top-seeded Jones won her first round match against Sophia Mulsap of Thailand 6-1 6-3. In the second round Jones defeated Renee Binnie of Australia 6-3 6-0. In the quarter-finals Jones will face fifth seed Lavinia Tananta of Indonesia. In the doubles Jones and partner Yoshimi Kawasaki of Japan won their first match against Jessica-Marie Agra of Philippines and You-Jin Kang of Korea 3-6 6-0 [10-3]. Jones and Kawasaki next defeated second seeds Alisa Ogorodova of Uzbekistan and Lavinia Tantanta of Indonesia 6-2 6-4. In the semi-finals they will meet Ting-Fei Juan of Taipei and Yi Zhong of China. Jones will play in Toyota, Japan in another ITF event next week. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand’s top female player had planned to play in this event too, but has withdrawn, to return to Auckland to prepare for the ASB Classic in January 2009.
Another Kiwi on the international tennis circuit, Shona Lee, played a WA Money Tournament in Perth, Australia.
Lee defeated Ali Connell of Australia 6-0 6-0 in the second round, after a first round bye. In the third round Lee won against Erin Bilett of Australia 6-2 6-4. In the quarters Lee lost against Anna Wishink, third seed, of Australia.
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