Local hero Al Tamimi advances, Bryant wins marathon battle at Qatar Classic

Doha, Qatar: Home hero Abdulla Al Tamimi held his nerve to win a four game thriller in a day highlighted by an astonishing 109 minute battle between y...

Doha, Qatar: Home hero Abdulla Al Tamimi held his nerve to win a four-game thriller in a day highlighted by an astonishing 109-minute battle between young guns at the QTerminals Qatar Classic.

Yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex, Al Tamimi thrilled the home crowd by booking his quarter-final spot after making a brilliant comeback to dispatch Frenchman Sebastien Bonmalais. 

The World No. 21 Al Tamimi closed out the match 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 in 56 minutes).

Al Tamimi will take on Jonah Bryant, who eliminated Mohamad Zakaria, in today’s last-eight clash. 

The match between the 20-year-old World No.20 Bryant and the Egyptian World No.14 Zakaria, aged 19, was one of the most entertaining matches of the day.