Kontinen Guns for Second Title

Henri Kontinen stormed through the Group 2 ITF in Indonesia to claim both the singles and doubles titles (with Vucic) claiming a 7-6, 6-2 win over his team mate Ilija in the semi finals. He went on to beat Kittiphong Wachiramanowong 6-7(7) 6-4 6-2 in the final.  

This week in Thailand Group 1 Kontinen is through to the semi final looking for a second consecutive title.

Vucic lost in the 3rd round of the same tournament 7-6, 6-1 from Christopher Rungkat (INA) but then he teamed up with Moser of Austria to claim a semi final and search for his second doubles title in as many weeks. The past month has been superb for MCTA with Anna and Ana claiming back to back Challenger titles and now the boys are turning it on.  

Director of tennis David Sammel says "Ilija and Henri were struggling coming into Asia and having gotten off to a poor start in the Futures event suddenly won a couple of matches which gave them some confidence. Henri has continued to grow in confidence and is now the guy to beat on this Asian leg of the ITF tour. Ilija is disappointing in dropping his head after losing close first sets and something MCTA coach Igor Tomasevic is anxious to address and Ilija needs to mature in this department. Doubles is a different story where he is dominating the court."

Henri will move solidly up the rankings and Ilija will also make a nice move. These results will set them up well for the summer and the European majors in Milan, Paris and Wimbledon.