Dayak 2018 Nigeria F2 Futures: Nigeria's Paul, Audu crash out in first round

Nigeria's Christian Paul and Emmanuel Audu, on Tuesday crashed out of the ongoing Dayak Tennis Championship ITF Nigeria F2 Futures in Abuja, in the first round.
The international competition whic made its debut last year has $25,000 as prize-money.
Paul, Nigeria’s highest ranked player by the ITF at 1443, could not stand the firepower of Swede number two seed, Markus Eriksson as he lost 6-0, 6-2 in a match that lasted 57 minutes on Court 1 while Audu, a wild card entrant, succumbed 6-1, 6-1 to Thomas Setodji of France.
Brazilian Joao Menezes continued his impressive display when he stunned third-seeded Egyptian Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 6-3, 6-0 on Centre Court paving the way for the unseeded South American to be in the hunt for a second straight title having won the Tombim Open Nigeria F1 futures last week.
Austrian fourth seed, Maximilian Neuchrist also advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Dutchman Jelle Sels same for sixth seed, Moez Echargui of Tunisia who bagged a 7-6, 6-2 win over Alexis Klegou of Benin.
Indian Suraj Prabodh edged fellow qualifier, Mirko Martinez of Switzerland 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 but another Indian Arjun Kadhe, the fifth seed, was beaten 6-0, 6-3 by Tom Jomby of France.
In the longest match of the day, Stephan Jerritsen of the Netherlands needed 2 hours and 19 minutes to scale the hurdle of Diego Matos of Brazil, a wild card benefactor, with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 scoreline.
Frenchman Floyd Angele edged Ronniee Schneider of the USA 4-6, 6-1, 7-5in a match just a minute shy of two hours to also progress to the second round which holds on Wednesday.
In the doubles, Dutch duo of Gerristsen and Sels progressed to the quarterfinal at the expense of top-seeded Sabanov brothers, Ivan and Matej following a 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 win.
Meanwhile, in some of the games earlier decided on Monday, Emmanuel Audu who paired with Michael Michael in the men's doubles lost 6-0, 6-1 to Japanese duo of Kazuma Kawachin and Kento Takeuchi just as Nigeria's Abdulmumin Babalola who paired with Diego Fernandez of Chile lost 6-1, 6-4 to Egyptian Youssef Hossam and Mohamed Maamoun.
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Nigeria's Christian Paul sent packing from the competition.