Tamimi crashes out of Qatar Circuit 2
Doha: Home hero Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi and Syed Azlan Amjad both crashed out of the Qatar Circuit 2 ending Qatar hopes in the three-day championship.
Yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Iker Pajares Bernabeu of Spain defeated Tamimi in 3-2 games.
The Spaniard who made it to the main draw through the qualifying route took 52 minutes to overcome the sixth seeded Qatari 10-12 6-11 11-9 11-3 11-8.
Tamimi started on a brilliant taking the first two games but flattered at the next three as Bernabeu made a splendid recovery to win the encounter and book a place in the quarter-finals.
Bernabeu will clash with Danish Atlas Khan of Pakistan who took nearly one hour to get past a fighting Ammar Altamimi of Kuwait in 3-2 games (11-5 4-11 7-11 12-10 11-5).
The other Qatari player in action today Amjad lost in straight games to Egyptian opponent Omar Abdel Meguid.
The top seed won 11-5 11-7 11-7 and faces Youssef Soliman of Egypt in the last eight clash.
The Peninsula
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