- Nigerian Oyinlomo Quadre put up a dominant display to move into the quarter-finals of the J3 Pretoria in South Africa on Tuesday.
Nigerian Oyinlomo Quadre put up a dominant display to move into the quarter-finals of the J3 Pretoria in South Africa on Tuesday.
Quadre, who’s seeded second at the ITF Grade 3 tournament, dropped just three games in a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 victory over Ines Bekrar of Algeria in the second-rounder.
The 16-year-old now takes a 2-1 head-to-head lead over Bekrar, following her dominant win. Up next for Quadre is Tunisia’s Sarah Aubertin, who beat Maria Charl 6-1, 6-3.
Quadre and Aubertin have squared off once on the ITF Junior Tour, with the Tunisian clinching a narrow 6-3, 0-6, 7-6(4) first round win at the African Closed Junior Under-18 Championship in Morocco, in March last year. Quadre will look to get her revenge, when the girls meet on Wednesday (today) and make the semi-finals.
The Nigerian teen was also impressive in the doubles event on Tuesday, as she had a great pairing with Salma Loudili of Morocco to reach the girls doubles quarter-finals.
The pair proved too much for the South African-Tunisian duo Amy Bloch and Wiem Boubaker, as they claimed a 6-1, 6-3 victory.
For a place in the doubles semi-finals, Quadre and Loudili will play South Africa’s Jessica Portwig and Suzanie Pretorius.
