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Mansouri reigns supreme in familiar surroundings in Monastir

Jamie Renton

11 Jan 2022

Skander Mansouri extended his run of winning an ITF World Tennis Tour title on home soil in Monastir to a fourth year in a row after securing his 11th career singles title on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Tunisian cruised through to victory in familiar surroundings without dropping a set, beating Italian Giovanni Oradini 6-4 6-4 in the title match on Sunday.

Though it was his ninth tournament triumph in Monastir, it was just his second career victory at M25-level (and first since he won M25+H Oliveira De Azemeis in Portugal in September 2019) – with all eight of his previous Monastir wins coming at M15-level.

Mansouri has played exclusively in Monastir since October, collecting three titles and compiling a 23-3 win-loss record in that time.

Frenchman Ugo Blanchett - also a former winner in Monastir - won his second ITF singles title after defeating Swiss Antoine Bellier 6-3 4-6 7-6(2) in the final at M15 Manacor. 

It was the 23-year-old's second consecutive final appearance, having reached a final in Tunisia on his last competitive outing a month earlier.

Fellow 23-year-old Andrey Chepelev, of Russia, also won a title over the weekend - defeating Italian Edoardo Lavagno to win M15 Cairo and claim his fourth ITF singles crown and first in over three years.

The men's ITF World Tennis Tour continues this week with seven tournaments, including three at M25 level in Bath, Monastir and Manacor. Follow all the latest here.