Rising Edinburgh tennis star Jacob Fearnley is through to the last 16 of the ATP Chicago Challenger tournament after a 6-4, 6-3 win over Australian Li Tu.
The 23-year-old extracted revenge for a defeat last week by Australian Tu, who is ranked six places above him at 219, at the Newport Rhode Island tournament.
Whereas Li was a direct entry in Chicago Fearnley, who took a set from Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, was required to qualify.
Meanwhile, at the LTA Summer County Cup the East of Scotland women built on an opening day victory in group five at Ilkley to see off Durham and Cleveland 6-3 and put themselves in a strong position to make amends for last season’s relegation.
There were two wins apiece for Mhairi Beattie and Maisie Wood, Sarah McFadyen and Ama Nisbet and Shaylin Holt and Aadya Iyer Chadalawada.
The women now face Suffolk who have won a tie and lost another
East men are today facing an all Scottish clash with North in Group One at Eastbourne which could determine whether they retain top flight status.
The latter are in great form with successive wins most recently against Kent whereas East went down 2-7 to Surrey yesterday.
For East there was one win apiece from James Mackinlay and Euan McIntosh as well as Scott Duncan and Sam Macneil.
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