Tennis

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Basilashvili Made Through to Quarterfinal

Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili moves ahead at the Napoli Challenger (Italy, 106 500 EUR).

In the 1/8 final of TENNIS NAPOLI CUP 2015, the Georgian faced Spanish Roberto Karbale and won 6:3, 2:6, 7:6 (7:4).

Overall, Basilashvili was clearly better than his opponent and if he decreases unintentional mistakes, he can hit the top hundred in the future.

The match lasted for 2 hours and 10 minutes and the Georgian tennis player served 2 aces and had 5 double mistakes in passive. Basilashvili used 4 break-points of 10.

By making through to ¼ final Basilashvili earned 25 points and in the next stage plays against Tomas Fabiano.

For instance, 25-year-old Italian tennis player occupies the 246th place in ATP and 23-year-old Georgian – 137th.

Today, the Georgian player and Belarusian Alexander Bur will play in the doubles competition against Russian Mikhail Elgin and Belarusian Sergey Betov.

In case of success, the Georgian and Belarusian tennis players will get 45-45 ranking points and in semifinal will face Lis of Taiwan and Italian Motti.

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