The second week in Tunisia for Ben Gusic Wan and Marelie Raath. A tough draw for Ben, though both he and his opponent lost to the eventual runner-up last week
Cautiously optimistic about Raath. Her opponent is higher ranked, is playing on her best surface, with significantly more wins on the circuit, but many of them came at tournaments in Central Asia where the draws don't seem particularly strong to me. I hope I'm not jinxing her but think this could be a close match.
Raath result finally posted and it was a comprehensive victory for her Kyrgyz opponent, 6-0 6-4. Good to see she changed things around in the second set and made it closer at least.
Doubles to look forward to tomorrow, where she and her Danish partner are up against the third seeds from Egypt.
-- Edited by Densher on Tuesday 24th of January 2023 08:56:56 PM
