Moustroufis To Carry Greek Open Home Hopes Alone

Former national champions Fabian Kalaitzis and Petros Tzamaloukas crashed out of the qualifying finals of the Greek Open, leaving wild card player Nikolaos Moustroufis to carry home hopes alone in the first round of the new PSA Tour event at Athens Lawn Tennis Club in the country's capital.

Denmark's Morten W Sorensen beat six-times National champion Kalaitzis 9-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4, 11-3, while Spain's Alejandro Garbi Caro defeated Tzamaloukas, the 2003 champion, 11-6, 11-5, 11-3.

Moustroufis will face Hungary's sixth seed Andras Torok in the first round of the event which England's Jonathan Kemp is seeded to win. Kemp faces Egyptian qualifier Ahmed Gamal Swaify in the first round, while second Davide Bianchetti - the Italian he is expected to meet in the final - will meet Ireland's Arthur Gaskin.

Qualifying finals:
Morten W Sorensen (DEN) bt Fabian Kalaitzis (GRE) 9-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4, 11-3
Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) bt Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
Rene Mijs (NED) bt Mohamed Elkeiy (EGY) 6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4
Ahmed Gamal Swaify (EGY) bt Andre Holderegger (SUI) 10-11 (2-4), 11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 2-11, 11-6