Dudi Sela encountered more difficulty than expected on Wednesday on his way to the semifinals of the Israel tennis championships in Ra’anana.The Israel No. 1 man battled to a 7-5, 6-3 win over Bar Dekel to set up a meeting with Amit Inbar, who beat Aviv Ben-Shabat 6-2, 6-1.Defending champion Amir Weintraub had far less trouble than last year’s defeated finalist, advancing to Thursday’s semis with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Sa’ar Steele.console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }
Weintraub will next play Gilad Ben- Zvi, who defeated Tal Goldengorn 6-2, 6-1.“Sa’ar played really well and I’m happy I eventually got the job done and I hope to improve on Thursday,” Weintraub said. “Ben-Zvi is in excellent shape and I hope I’ll be sharp and advance to another final.”Meanwhile, Shahar Pe’er closed to within two wins of a sixth straight title on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Sarai Sternbach.Pe’er will play Ofri Lankri in the semifinals on Thursday after the latter beat Amit Lev Ari 6-1, 6-1.The No. 2 seed, Julia Glushko, dropped just a single game for a second straight day, thrashing Libby Mesh 6-0, 6-1.Glushko will face Fed Cup teammate Keren Shlomo in the semis after Shlomo beat Liat Zimmerman 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
