It was Filip Peliwo (CAN) / David Sofaer (AUS) getting it done, 6-3 6-4 over Swedes Isak Arvidsson / Markus Eriksson (SWE) to get into the doubles finals. |
By Geoff Kirbyson
Filip Peliwo is no stranger to pressure.
Even though the 19-year-old is one of the younger players at the Manshield Tennis Futures tournament in Winnipeg, having been the No. 1 ranked junior in the world last year has helped him prepare for moments like this.
On Thursday, he dispatched Sweden’s Patrik Rosenholm, 6-4, 7-5 at the Sargent Park Tennis Garden, setting up a quarter-final match with Croatia’s Ante Pavic, the No. 7 seed, Friday morning at 10 a.m.
The other quarter-finals feature one more Canadian, No. 5 seed Erik Chvojka and Cameron Norrie of Great Britain, an all-American duel between Alexander Sarkissian and Evan King, and No. 2 seed J Smith from Australia and Haythem Abid from Tunisia.
Later on today, Peliwo and his partner, David Sofaer from Australia, will play the top-seeded pairing of Pavic and Canadian Milan Pokrajac in the doubles final.
For more information about the Manshield Futures, please visit www.winnipegfutures.com.
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