Polish tennis players enjoyed another week as part of the ITF World Tennis Tour. The White-Reds competed on different continents. The event in recent days was Paweł Ciaś’s first performance in 2024.

Paweł Ciaś, 29, played his first games this week since his September performance in the challenger in Szczecin. The three-time champion from Poland has decided to take part in the ITF World Tennis Tour event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Our tennis player beat Grigory Shebekin 6:2, 6:2 and Alec Beckley 6:2, 6:4. Amr Elsayed proved to be better than him in the quarter-finals (6:0, 6:1).

In Monastir, Tunisia, the Whites-Reds did not achieve notable results this week. Olaf Pieczkowski, Michał Mikuła and Jasza Szajrych were eliminated in the first round of singles. In doubles, a pair of Pieczkowski and Szajrych won a match, which then lost a meeting with Chinese duo Bohua Dong and Xin Gao.

Maciej Rajski spent the second consecutive week in California. He managed to pass the two-stage qualifier for the hard-court competition in Calabasas. In Thursday’s first round match, the 31-year-old tennis player took on Toby Kodat. The American won 6-1, 6-4. The rest of our gentlemen competed in qualifying in various events without success. Alan Bojarski did not reach the main draw in Sharm el-Sheikh, Marcel Politowicz in Palmanov and Gabriel Matuszewski in Opatija.

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Our ladies also decided to perform in exotic locations. In Monastir, Weronika Ewald and Olga Golas were eliminated in the first round of singles. For the first of them, a talented 17-year-old, it was the first professional performance in 2024. In Tunisia, Martyna Zaremba, Justyna Jodłowska and Maja Bajorek had unsuccessful qualifying rounds. The last two of the aforementioned women were the only Polish women to have participated in the doubles tournament, but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

In Sharm el-Sheikh, Gina Feistel had to recognize the superiority of Selina Dal in the first round of the singles, with whom she qualified for the doubles. The Polish-German pair won two matches and reached the semi-finals. Alicja Formella and Magdalena Świerczyńska also played on the Egyptian courts, but they did not reach the main draw and in doubles they were eliminated after the first encounter.

On clay in Antalya, Turkey, Ada Piestrzyńska, Zuzanna Frankowska and Xenia Bandurowska did not qualify. Bandurowska and Frankowska then played doubles, in which they won one match each with their partners. In contrast, Agnieszka Olszewska and Natalia Kowalczyk failed to score on the clay courts in Heraklion, Greece, this week.

Monday to Friday, March 20 to 24
ITF World Tennis Tour results and tournament schedule:

WOMEN

Monastir (Tunisia), $15,000, hard court

1st singles round:

Dasha Ivanova (USA, 8) – Weronika Ewald (Poland) 6:3, 4:6, 6:3
Denise Valente (Italy) v Olga Golas (Poland, WC) 6-7(6), 6-1, 3-0 and cry

1st round of doubles:

Anastasia Abbagnato (Italy) / Denise Valente (Italy) – Maja Bajorek (Poland, WC) / Justyna Jodłowska (Poland, WC) 6-1, 6-2

Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), 15 thousand. dollars, hard ground

1st singles round:

Selina Dal (Germany) – Gina Feistel (Poland) 6-2, 6-1

doubles semi-final:

Louise Kwong (Canada) / Anna Ulyashchenko (USA) – Gina Feistel (Poland) / Selina Dal (Germany) 6:3, 5:7, 10-7

doubles quarter-final:

Gina Feistel (Poland) / Selina Dal (Germany) – Giuliana Bestetti (Italy) / Greta Medeghini (Italy) 6-3, 6-0

1st round of doubles:

Gina Feistel (Poland) / Selina Dal (Germany) – Karola Patricia Bejenaru (Romania, 1) / Aleksandra Pospelowa (1) 6:2, 6:4

Pauline Courcoux (France, CM) / Camille Moga (France, CM) – Alicja Formella (Poland) / Magdalena Świerczyńska (Poland) 6:3, 6:3

Heraklion (Greece), 15 thousand. dollars, clay

1st round of doubles:

Eleni Christofi (Greece, 2nd) / Dimitra Pavlou (Greece, 2nd) – Natalia Kowalczyk (Poland) / Agnieszka Olszewska (Poland) 6-1, 6-0

Antalya (Turkey), 15 thousand. dollars, clay

doubles quarter-final:

Denisa Hindova (Czech Republic, 1st) / Nika Radisić (Slovenia, 1st) – Xenia Bandurowska (Poland) / Miss Bartha (Hungary) 5:7, 7:6(5), 10-3

Sebastianna Scilipoti (Switzerland) / Celine Simunyu (Ireland) – Zuzanna Frankowska (Poland, WC) / Maria Andrienko (WC) 6:4, 6:0

1st round of doubles:

Xenia Bandurowska (Poland) / Miss Bartha (Hungary) – Ella Simmons (Australia, WC) / Zuzana Zlochova (Slovakia, WC) 6:3, 6:4

Zuzanna Frankowska (Poland, WC) / Maria Andrienko (WC) – Denisława Głuszkowa (Bulgaria) / Julia Stamatowa (Bulgaria) 6:3, 7:5

MEN

Calabasas (USA), $25,000, hard court

1st singles round:

Toby Kodat (USA) – Maciej Rajski (Poland, Q) 6-1, 6-4

Monastir (Tunisia), $15,000, hard court

1st singles round:

Buvaysar Gadamauri (Belgium) – Olaf Pieczkowski (Poland, 6) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Alexis Boureau (France) – Michał Mikuła (Poland) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 7-6(3)
Henry Searle (Great Britain) – Jasza Szajrych (Poland) 7:5, 6:1

doubles quarter-final:

Bohua Dong (China) / Xin Gao (China) – Olaf Pieczkowski (Poland) / Jasza Szajrych (Poland)

1st round of doubles:

Olaf Pieczkowski (Poland) / Jasza Szajrych (Poland) – Jake Bhangdia (USA) / Federico Salomone (Italy) 4:6, 6:1, 10-8

Bohua Dong (China) / Xin Gao (China) – Michał Mikuła (Poland, 3rd) / Aziz Ouakaa (Tunisia, 3rd) 6-2, 3-6, 10-6

Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), 15 thousand. dollars, hard ground

singles quarter-final:

Amr Elsayed (Egypt, 4) – Paweł Ciaś (Poland) 6-0, 6-1

2nd singles round:

Paweł Ciaś (Poland) – Alec Beckley (South Africa, 8) 6-2, 6-4

1st singles round:

Pawel Ciaś (Poland) – Grigory Shebekin 6:2, 6:2

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