{"id":112864,"date":"2025-10-12T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/denolly-aims-for-third-title-in-rwanda-open-final"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:13:41","slug":"denolly-aims-for-third-title-in-rwanda-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/denolly-aims-for-third-title-in-rwanda-open-final","title":{"rendered":"Denolly Aims for Third Title in Rwanda Open Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Sunday, October 12<\/p>\n

Singles final<\/p>\n

Maik Steiner (8) Vs Corentin Denolly (3): 12:00 PM<\/p>\n

Doubles final<\/p>\n

M. Van der Meerschen\/ M. Homberg Vs A. Balsekar\/ D. Suresh: 11:00PM<\/p>\n

Maik Steiner of Germany will face Corentin Denolly of France in the singles final of Rwanda Open M25 scheduled for Sunday, October 12, at RP-Kicukiro Ecology Tennis Club.<\/p>\n

Denolly, 28, qualified for the finals after countryman Florent Bax decided to retire from the semifinal clash, on Saturday, due to injury.<\/p>\n

Denolly was leading 4\u20132 when Bax retired due to injury, keeping the two-time champion on course for what would be a historic third Kigali title to add to his previo<\/p>\n

Corentin Denolly<\/p>\n

us victories in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the draw, eighth seed Steiner has been the tournament\u2019s surprise package. The 22-year-old German reached his first Rwanda Open final by defeating Belgium\u2019s Martin Van der Meerschen 7\u20136(5), 6\u20132 in Saturday\u2019s semifinal.<\/p>\n

His quarterfinal victory over Dutch top seed Max Houkes highlighted his composed baseline play and clinical shot-making. Steiner dropped just one set the entire week.<\/p>\n

Doubles final set<\/p>\n

In doubles action, India\u2019s Aditya Balsekar and Malaysia\u2019s Darrshan Suresh reached the final after defeating compatriots Ishaque Eqbal and Maan Kesharwani 7\u20136(6), 1\u20136, [10\u20136].<\/p>\n

They will face Europe\u2019s Martin Van der Meerschen (Belgium) and Maximilian Homberg (Germany). It took the duo a super tiebreak to advance to the final with a 6\u20133, 3\u20136, 10\u20136 victory over Morocco\u2019s Yassine Dlimi and Younes Lalami.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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