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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>CONNOR van Schalkwyk’s giant-killing act at the International Tennis Federation JA Milan junior tournament came to an end yesterday when he lost in the third round of the boys singles competition.<\/b><\/p>\n

He went down in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to the ninth-seeded Lautaro Midon of Argentina, who is ranked eighth in the world.<\/p>\n

Van Schalkwyk had earlier reached the third round of the singles competition after beating the sixth-seeded Coleman Wong of Hong Kong 6-0, 7-6 and Alexander Blockx of Belgium 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Both those results were upsets as Wong is the 16th ranked junior in the world and Blockx the 29th, while Van Schalkwyk is ranked 58th.<\/p>\n

The J4 ITF junior tournament, meanwhile, continues in Windhoek this weekend, with the semifinals scheduled to take place at the Central Tennis Courts this morning and the finals tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

In yesterday’s boys singles quarterfinals, the top-seeded Leo Matthysen of South Africa beat the seventh-seeded Shane Tapera of Zimbabwe 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, to book a semifinal showdown against the sixth seeded South African Calum Jestin, who beat the fourth seeded Mark Nawa of Botswana 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n

The third seeded Joseph Townes of SA beat Evan Jarzaguet of France to book a semifinal spot against his unseeded compatriot Johannes van Wijk, who beat the fifth-seeded South African Yarona Morule 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

There was an upset in the girls quarterfinals, as the top seeded Sasha Chimedza of Zimbabwe lost 7-5, 6-4 to the fifth seeded Erin McKenzie of South Africa.<\/p>\n

The latter will now face the seventh-seeded South African Celina Joseph, who beat compatriot Kaitlyn Ramduth SA 6-3, 6-0.<\/p>\n

The second seeded Tayla Wilmot of SA beat compatriot Claire Jaramba 3-6, 7-6, 6-0 to book a semifinal showdown against the third seeded Dune Vaissaud of France, who beat the sixth seeded Sophia Fuller of SA 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n

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