Sitak bows out in Belgrade and Hourigan top seed in Monastir

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Artem Sitak has made a short lived appearance at the ATP 250 tournament in Belgrade.

Having not made the original draw, Sitak and Italian Stefan Travaglia have lost 6-2 3-6 10-6 in 1 hour 16 to Uruguay's Ariel Behar and Ecuador's Gonzalo Escobar.

Meanwhile Paige Hourigan is the top seed in both the singles and doubles or this week's ITF US $15,000 tournament in Monastir in Tunisia. The New Zealand number one plays American qualifier Emma Davis in the first round of the singles tonight. In doubles she is partnering Japan's Erika Sema and they play Italian Giulia Crescenzi and Switzerland's Nicole Gadient in the first round. Follow her results at the ITF W15 Monastir event here: https://bit.ly/3szci3F

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