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Westerhof, of the Netherlands and Slovak, Zuzana Kucova, are on the
brink of getting to the finals of the 10th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis
as both have one more hurdle to cross.

Westerhof, who was
sent packing by Amir Winteraub, winner of the first leg of the
Governor’s Cup, has been able to improve his chances at the second leg.
Westerhof was stretched to the limit in Thursday’s quarter final match
at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, by Ivorian star, Terence Nugent,
but won the match in straight sets of 7-6(4),6-4 . He will now face
South African player, Klassen Raven, today for a final ticket. Raven
beat Indian, Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan, in straight sets of 6-3, 6-4.
Valentin Sanon, of Ivory Coast, had no answer to Ben Zvi Gilad’s ground
strokes as he lost out in straight sets of 6-3,7-6. Gilad will next
meet Rastogi Karan of India who defeated Frenchman Rochette Laurent
6-1, 6-1.

In the Women’s singles, Kucova looks unstoppable on her way to
winning the double as she defeated Russian, Anastasia Mukhametova, in a
largely one sided game that ended 6-1,6-1 in the Slovak’s favour. She
will face Melaine Klaffner of Austria, who defeated Agnes Szatmari 6-0,
6-2 in another quarter final match. Nina Bratchikova beat Kosinska
Karolina of Poland in straight sets of 6-1, 6-1. She will battle
Piquion Natalie of France who beat Perrin Conny of Switzerland in a
game that ended 0-6, 7-5 and 6-4. The Nigerian ladies, who made it to
the semi final of the doubles’ event, Fatimah Abinu and Sabath Omotayo,
were however stopped by the pair of Nina Bratchikova of Russia and
Agnes Szatmari of Romania in straight sets of 6-0,6-0. The finals of
the tournament will come up tomorrow at the Lagos State Lawn Tennis
Club.