19/06/14
Marc MCarroll will return home from his three-back-to-back tournaments in Korea having finished runner-up in both the men’s singles and men’s doubles in Busan.
The British No. 2 and second seed slipped to a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Dutch top seed Tom Egberink in the singles final. The two players were also on opposite sides of the net in the doubles final, with Egberink and Australia’s Ben Weekes defeating McCarroll and South Africa’s Evans Maripa 6-1, 6-3.
18/06/14
Marc McCarroll will complete a sequence of three successive tournaments in Korea with finals in singles and doubles at this week’s ITF 2 Series event.
After two semi-final berths at the Korea Open and finishing the Daegu Open after a place in the men’s singles quarter-finals and another doubles semi-final spot, British No. 2 and second seed McCarroll dropped just three games in his opening two matches against Japanese players, defeating Yusuke Nishimura 6-0, 6-1 and Kouhei Suzuki 6-0, 6-2 before a 6-3, 6-3 win over Australian fourths seed Ben Weekes in today’s semi-finals.
McCarroll will face Dutch top seed Tom Egberink in the final.
McCarroll and South Africa’s Evans Maripa will have Egberink and Weekes on the opposite side of the net in the men’s doubles final after straight sets wins over Korean and Thai partnerships in their first two matches in the event.
The second seeds defeated Ha-Gel Lee and Sang-Ho Oh 6-2 6-3 before a 6-4, 6-4 semi-final win over Suwitchai Merngprom and Wittaya Peem-Mee, with top seeds Egberink and Weekes now between McCarroll and Maripa and the title.