Alcantara, Gonzales lose in Australian Open wildcard play-off
MANILA, Dec. 4 (PNA) -- Filipinos Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales missed the chance of playing in the 2017 Australian Open after losing in the quarterfinal of the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-off tournament on Saturday at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre in Guangdong, China.
Alcantara bowed to fifth seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran of India, 4-6, 1-6, sending the Indian to the semifinal round where he will face tournament top seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.Lee will be up against third seed Chinese Wu Di, who advanced to the semifinal after pulling off a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Indian N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
Top players from the Asia-Pacific region are competing in this tournament to earn a wild card in the main draw of next year’s Australian Open scheduled January 16 to 29 in Melbourne. (PNA)
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