Top seeds alive at Wichita Open
The top two seeds at the Wichita Tennis Open advanced to the semifinals with straight-set victories on Friday at the Coleman Tennis Complex.
No. 1 seed Michael Mmoh beat Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-4, and No. 2 Christian Harrison beat Or Ram-Harel 6-2, 6-1.
Luke Bambridge and Danny O’Hare won the doubles championship Friday, beating Nathan Ponwith and John Harrison Richmond 6-0, 6-3.
The Wichita Tennis Open is an event on the International Tennis Federation Futures Tour, and is being contested for the third straight year.
Wichita is the first hardcourt event for Mmoh, 19, since spending much of May and June in Europe playing on clay and grass. It’s also his first Futures Tour event of the year.
Mmoh’s semifinal opponent Saturday will be Emil Reinberg, 20, who beat Isaiah Strode in three sets Friday.
Harrison, 23, won last week’s Futures event in Tulsa. He will meet Naoki Nakagawa in the semifinals. The sixth-seeded Nakagawa, a 20-year-old from Japan, beat No. 3 seed Ryan Shane in three sets Friday.
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Singles quarterfinals
Emil Reinberg def. Isaiah Strode 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Naoki Nakagawa (6) def. Ryan Shane (3) 1-6 6-3 6-4.
Christian Harrison (2) def. Or Ram-Harel 6-2 6-1.
Michael Mmoh (1) vs. Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles final
Luke Bambridge/Danny O’Hare (1) def. Nathan Ponwith/John Richmond 6-0, 6-3.
Saturday’s schedule
Nakagawa (6) vs. Harrison (2), 10 a.m.
Reinberg vs. Mmoh (1), following first match
This story was originally published July 7, 2017 at 8:33 PM with the headline "Top seeds alive at Wichita Open."