Austria’s Melzer wins ITF F2 Futures title

Singles finalG. Melzer def. Sabry (Egt) 6-4, 6-4Doubles finalG. Melzer & L. Jastraunig bt Munoz & Mark 6-3, 6-3

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Singles finalG. Melzer def. Sabry (Egt) 6-4, 6-4Doubles finalG. Melzer & L. Jastraunig bt Munoz & Mark 6-3, 6-3Gerald Melzer beat Egyptian Sherif Sabry in straight sets in the final to win the third leg of ITF F2 Futures Rwanda tournament played yesterday at Circle Sportif de Kigali courts. The 22-year old Austrian beat Sabry 64-, 6-4 in just over an hour. On top of the trophy, Melzer took home US$1300 in prize money, while Sherif walked away with US$900. In the semis played on Friday, Gerald beat Lukas Jastraunig in straight sets 6-4, 7-6, while Sabry overcame Italian Melzer Riccardo Melzer Sinicropi 6-4, 6-4.In the quarter finals, the Autrian beat Munoz-Abreu Jordi, 6-3, 7-5 while Jastraunig beat Petrone 6-3 6-2. In other quarter finals, Sinicropi beat Igoshin Alexander 6-4, 1-0 while Khaddari Hicham was beaten by Sabry in three sets 1-6 6-2, 6-2.In doubles final, the pair of Melzer and Lucas Jastraunig beat Munoz and Mark, 6-3, 6-3.Rwandans suffered an early exit last Monday. Jean Claude Gasigwa lost to German Manner Oskar 6-3, 6-4, while Dieudone Habiyambere was beaten 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 by Uganda’s Olinga David.