Singles quarterfinals day in Canberra at the ITF tennis tournament

On another perfect day for tennis in the nation’s capital of Canberra, it was quarterfinals day for the M25 and W25 singles tournament.

The top seed in the men’s event Dayne Kelly had lost yesterday in round two when he faced New Zealand’s Rubin Statham. The final score was 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(5).

The women’s top seed Arina Rodionova had a comfortable win in the quarterfinals. She defeated South Africa’s Zoe Kruger 6-2, 6-3.

Other player’s to advance included Jaimee Fourlis, Priscilla Hon and Asia Muhammad.

In the men’s, last week’s champion Dane Sweeny stayed on track for back-to-back titles when he defeated Moerani Bouzige.

Statham backed up his win from yesterday with a victory over Matthew Romios. Aaron Addison and James McCabe also advanced.