Bouhyaya, Anazi, Mariano-Biay prosper in 34th BSF Desert Classic

Title favorites Moroccan Yassir Bouhyaya and Egyptian Mohammed Nageh stayed on collision course after beating separate opponents in the quarterfinals of the centerpiece singles A category in the 34th BSF Desert Classic tennis tournament at the InterContinental Riyadh Hotel courts here.
Bouhyaya was at his ruthless best giving up only one game in eliminating Tamer Atabi 6-0, 6-1 while Nageh stopped the progress of Filipino Marvin Espina with a 7-5, 6-2 win in their match.
In the doubles A category, the pair of Zamjaoui-Bouhyaya had a walkover win against the tandem of Hassan-Sideras, while A. Mariano-W. Biay beat S. Cerda-R. Ravel in a tightly contested three sets match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Other results of matches played April 24-26:
In the singles B, Bandar Anazi beat I. Salahuddin 6-2, 6-4, J. Aseeri had a walkover win over O. Abdo and Cloyd Cuarto easily beat B. Alawi 6-0, 6-1.
Over at C singles, Ahmad Tubigy beat Abdulla Al Ghaith 6-2, 6-2, Elizalde Chin defeated Abo Saleh 6-3, 6-3, Khalid Bahli beat Aanis Ahmad 6-3, 6-1, Mohammed Batta beat Ky Le Hoang 6-3, 6-3. In the Over 45 category, Ronald Sederiosa beat Saleh Zahrani 6-0, 6-3
Under 16 category: Wadah Jabir had a walkover win against Anas Lutfi, Aanis Ahmad beat A. Dwedar 8-4.
Under 12: Karim Price beat H. Hazibuan 8-7, Rayan John Veran beat Rayan Nasser 9-4, Jaime Cerda beat Bandar Moaf 8-1, and Anis Ghouli beat H. Abdulfatah 8-5.
Banque Saudi Al-Fransi is the the major sponsor of the tournament.
Tournament Committee is headed by InterCon Recration Manager Mounir Melliti as chairman with Willie Biay as tournament director and Marvin Espina as tournament referee. Joseph Recolizado, Del Serrano, Alex Simpliciano, and Joey Salem are the committee members.