A second consecutive good day for all the Maltese tennis players taking part in the ITF Under-18 tournament being held at the Marsa Sports Club. Matthew Asciak and Kimberley Cassar, having played and won their first match in the second round thanks to their seeding, both join in the Quarter Finals to be played today, with Elaine Genovese who also won her third round match yesterday.

On Tuesday, Matthew beat M. Brunner from Austria 6-0 6-2, Kimberley Cassar beat B. Agata from Poland 7-5 6-1 and Elaine Genovese beat M. Furlanetto from Italy 6-0 6-2, in her second match of the tournament.

Matthew had an excellent start to the tournament comfortably beating his opponent in the first set and neutralizing any attempts of a comeback in the second round. Kimberley fought out hard in the first set and then comfortably beat her opponent in the second. Elaine continued with her great form, winning in two sets to enter the third round.

In the third round of games today, Matthew Asciak had another excellent game, beating G. De Lovinfosse of Belgium (no.5 seed of tournament) 6-4 6-0, whilst Kimberley Cassar and Elaine Genovese both fought hard to beat their opponents in three sets. Kimberley beat E. Bertoia of Italy 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 and Elaine beat C.Wischhoff of the Netherlands 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

In the doubles, Clayton Zammit partnered with Piccioli from Italy on Tuesday to beat Franceso Galea and Le Goeff from France, but lost in the second round today. Elaine Genovese and Kimberley Cassar together beat the Turks, Sezer and Tugce in three sets on Tuesday and the Irish McCullogh and Bowtell today. Matthew Asciak played his first doubles match with Klimchev of Russia and together they beat Cochrane and Hewitt from Great Britain.

Today the Quarter Finals singles should see Matthew Asciak play against A. Hewitt of Great Britain, Kimberley Cassar play against Kovac of Slovenia and Elaine Genovese play Sekulic of Germany (no. 7 seed of tournament).