THURSDAY – Results
The first day of the Liverpool Hope University Tennis Tournament kicked off with our local qualifiers taking on top ATP and WTA players in the initial rounds of the round-robin exhibition event. The Liverpool crowd was then thoroughly entertained by an epic marathon legends match with Robert Kendrick just pipping Guillermo Canas 17-15 in the final set tie-break.
Day 1 Results:
Corrina Dentoni (ITA) bt Ellie Aldrich (GBR) 6-0 6-1
Marcus Willis (GBR) bt Adam Jones (GBR) 6-2 6-3
Robert Kendrick (USA) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 4-6 6-4 17-15
Steve Darcis (BEL) / Corrina Dentoni (ITA) bt Polona Hecog (SLO) / Barry Cowan (GBR) 3-6