Cuban tennis pair advances to semi-finals in DR

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 15 (acn) The Cuban tennis duo made up by William Dorantes and Marcos Lazo advanced to the quarterfinal round of the F3 Futures Tournament, which takes place until December 19 next in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo.

In a grueling match, the Cuban couple beat 2-1 (6-3, 5-7 and 13-11) the host pair, made up by Julio Armando Fernandez and Nick Hardt, said the official website of the contest.
For Cubans, this result allowed them to recover from the losses suffered by both in the men's single event, just hours before this match, also at the Parque del Este National Tennis Center, in the Dominican capital.
On that occasion, Dorantes lost to Canadian Alexander Donski (1-2 / 3-6, 6-3, 2-6) in one hour and 24 minutes while Lazo could not even score a point to Spanish Nicolas Moreno, who defeated him 2-0 (6-0, 6-0) in just 44 minutes.
Cubans will face today the winners of the game between the pairs formed by Argentine Mateo Martinez and Mexican Luis Patiño and the duo made up by Kyle Joseph, from Antigua and Barbuda , and Bahamian Jody Turnquest.