Johnson Acquah reaches Tennis Super Cup semi-finals

Top seed Johnson Acquah booked his ticket for the Tennis Super Cup semi-finals after beating 2020 Accra Open Champion Benjamin Fumi 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday in Accra.

Johnson will next play Felix Hammond who progressed into the semi-finals by beating Nigeria’s Onyeka Mbanu 7-5, 6-1 in an hour and 20 minutes.

In other quarter-final results were: No.2 seed Samuel Antwi moved into semifinals after overcoming experienced Bernard Ashitey Armaah 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in two hours and 30 minutes.

Speaking about his victory, Samuel Antwi said: “It was a tough game but I'm happy to come up as the winner, I pray I get my rhythm tomorrow against one of the toughest opponents (Japheth Bagerbaseh).  I'm really impressed with the organization of the tournament and for the first time we the players are served with lunch”.

The 2021 Accra Open champion, Antwi will face 2020 National Ranking Tour 4 champion Japheth Bagerbaseh who got into the semi-finals after beating Reginald Okantey 7-5, 6-1.