Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Rain mars Status Athens Open

Germany's Matthias Bachinger won the trophy of the Status Athens
Open 2011, but the final day of the tournament in the northern suburb of Maroussi on Sunday proved a major anticlimax for the ATP Challenger Series event.
The day of the singles and doubles finals was completely washed out due to the relentless rain forcing organizers to abandon hope of staging the finals after eight hours of waiting.
Bachinger won the title as his opponent in the final, Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov, announced late on Sunday that he was withdrawing due to a knee problem.
In similar fashion, the doubles trophy at the $125,000 tournament went to Colin Fleming from Britain and Scott Lipsky from the US, as their opponents also withdrew. The second semifinal of the doubles was another rain victim on Saturday and never got to resume.



source: SPORTINGREECE